THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES ACT, 1983.(Act No. 7 of 1983)

1.(1) This Act may be called the Arunachal Pradesh Speaker and Deputy Speaker Salaries and Allowances Act, 1983. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force from the 1st day of January, 1982.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-*[(a)] .............. [Omitted by 1987 Amendment Act, S.2 (i) w.e.f 03/07/1987] (b) "Assembly" means the Legislative Assembly of the *[State] of Arunachal Pradesh; [substituted by 1987 amendment Act (no 4 of 1987)), S.2 (ii) w.e.f 03/07 /1987] (c) "Deputy Speaker" means the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly; (d) "Family" in relation to the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker means his wife residing with him and legitimate children and step children residing with and wholly dependent on him. (Not more than one wife shall be included in his family for the purpose of this Act.) If the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker is a married woman family shall include her husband residing with her; (e) "Government" means the Government of the "[State] of Arunachal Pradesh; *[(ea) Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.]" [Inserted by 1987 Amendment Act (no 4 of 1987), S.2 (2) wef 03/07/1987] (f) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act; (h) "Speaker" means the Speaker of the Assembly; ------------------ (i) "Travelling Allowance" means the allowance granted to Speaker/Deputy Speaker under this Act to cover the expenses which he incurs in travelling in the interest of the public service as against travelling in personal interest or private purpose, such as journeys for rest, recoupment of health, attending party meetings or election campaign; (j) “usual place of residence” means a place declared by the Speaker /Deputy Speaker to be his residence in his home district or any other place declared by him as such,

*[3. On and from the date the Arunachal Pradesh Speaker and Deputy Speaker Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Act, 2017 comes into force, there shall be paid to the Speaker a composite salary of Rupees One Lac Twenty Eight Thousand per mensem and to the Deputy Speaker a composite salary of Rupees One Lac Twenty Four Thousand per mensem. Provided, further that other perk facilities, incentives and non quantifiable allowances which are not specified in this Act shall be regulated by an executive order as per actual or at such rate with ceiling limit as the state Government may determine from time to time as may be deemed appropriate.

3A.Notwithstanding, anything contained in section 3, the salary payable to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, under Section 3 shall be reduced by thirty percent, for a period of one year commencing from 1stApril, 2020, to meet the exigencies arising out of Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic.

*[4..................] [Deleted by 2017 Amendment Act, S.3. wef 05/04/2017]

5. The Speaker and Deputy Speaker shall not practice any profession or engage in any trade or receive any money for employment other than duties a the speaker or the deputy speaker as the case may be

*[6 ..................] [Deleted by 2017 Amendment Act, S.3. w.e.f 05/04/2017]

*[7.................. ] [Deleted by 2017 Amendment Act, S.3.wef 05/04/2017]

8. There may be paid to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker by way of re-payable advance such sum of money and subject to such conditions as the Administrator may prescribe in this behalf, for the purchase of motor car, in order that he may be able to discharge conveniently and efficiently the duties of his office. Provided that, if the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker cease to be in office by way of resignation or otherwise, the balance amount due against such advance shall be recoverable in one installment.

**[9.... Deleted by 2017 Act] [Omitted by 2017 Amendment Act, S.3 wef 05/04/2017

**[10.... Deleted by 2017 Act]. "*[Omitted by 1987 Amendment Act, S.3 wef 05/04/2017

11.The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker shall not be entitled to receive any sum out of the funds provided by the Assembly by way of salary or allowances in respect of their membership of the Assembly.

12.The date on which any person became or ceased to be a Speaker or Deputy Speaker shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh and any such notification shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that he became or ceased to be, the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, as the case may be, on that date for the purposes of this Act.

13 (1). The Salaries and Allowances of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Arunachal Pradesh) Order No. Admn. 5/75, dated 15th August, 1975, is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the order so repealed shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act.

**[14. (1) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made before the Assembly while it is in session for a total period of not less than fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two more successive sessions and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the sessions aforesaid, the Assembly makes any modifications in the rule or the Assembly agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect, only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so however, that any such notification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule."