Chief Election Commissioner (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975

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THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER (SALARY, 
ALLOWANCES AND PRIVILEGES) ACT, 1975
 
 
 
                                                         
CONTENTS
 
                                                          
__________
 
 
SECTIONS:
 
1. 
 
Short title and com
mencement.
 
2.  
 
Definition
s
.
 
3. 
 
Salary
,
 
allowances and privileges.
 
4. 
 
Provident Fund.
 
5.
 
Leave.
 
6
.
 
[Repeal.]
 
 
 
 
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of 
3
 
 
THE
 
CHIEF
 
ELECTION
 
COMMISSIONER
 
(SALARY,
 
ALLOWANCES
 
AND
 
PRIVILEGES)
 
ACT,
 
1975.
 
1
Act
 
No.
 
LV
 
of
 
1975
 
[21
st
 
July,
 
1975]
 
An
 
Act
 
to
 
determine
 
the
 
s
alary,
 
allowances
 
and
 
privileges
 
of
 
the
 
Chief
 
Election
 
Commissioner.
 
WHEREAS
 
it
 
is
 
expedient
 
to
 
determine
 
the
 
salary,
 
allowances
 
and
 
privileges
 
of
 
the
 
Chief
 
Election
 
Commissioner;
 
It
 
is
 
hereby
 
enacted
 
as
 
follows:
―
 
1.
 
Short
 
title
 
and
 
commencement.
 
This
 
Act
 
may
 
be
 
called
 
the
 
Chief
 
Election
 
Commissioner
 
(Salary,
 
Allowances
 
and
 
Privileges)
 
Act,
 
1975.
 
 
(2)
 
It
 
shall
 
come
 
into
 
force
 
at
 
once.
 
2.
  
Definition
s
.
 
In
 
this
 
Act,
 
unless
 
there
 
is
 
anything
 
repugnant
 
in
 
the
 
subject
 
or
 
context, 
—
 
(a)
 
 
“
Commissioner
”
 
means
 
the
 
Chief
 
Election
 
Commissioner
 
appointed
 
under
 
clause
 
(1)
 
of
 
Article
 
213
 
of
 
the
 
Constitution;
 
and
 
(b)
 
 
“
Constitution
”
 
means
 
the
 
Constitution
 
of
 
the
 
Islamic
 
Republic
 
of
 
Pakistan.
 
3.
 
Salary
,
 
allowances
 
and
 
privileges.
 
A
 
Commissioner
 
shall
 
be
 
entitled
 
to
 
the
 
sam
e
 
salary,
 
allowances
 
and
 
privileges
 
as
 
a
 
Judge
 
of
 
the
 
Supreme
 
Court:
 
2
[
Provided
 
that
 
where
 
the
 
Commissioner
 
has
 
been
 
a
 
Chief
 
Justice
 
of
 
Pakistan,
 
he
 
shall
 
be
 
entitled
 
to
 
the
 
same
 
salary,
 
allowances
 
and
 
privileges
 
as
 
are
 
admissible
 
to
 
Chief
 
Justice
 
of
 
Pakis
tan.
]
 
4.
 
Provident Fund.
 
The
 
Commissioner
 
may,
 
at
 
his
 
option,
 
become
 
a
 
subscriber
 
to
 
the
 
General
 
Provident
 
Fund
 
and,
 
if
 
he
 
so
 
opts,
 
shall
 
subscribe
 
to
 
the
 
Fund
 
as
 
a
 
compulsory
 
subscriber
 
according
 
to
 
the
 
General
 
Provident
 
Fund
 
(Central
 
Services)
 
Rules.
 
5.
 
Leave.
—
(1)
 
A
 
Commissioner
 
who,
 
within
 
the
 
period
 
of
 
seven
 
days
 
immediately
 
preceding
 
his
 
appointment
 
as
 
such,
 
was
 
in
 
the
 
service
 
of
 
Pakistan
 
shall
 
carry
 
with
 
him
 
in
 
his
 
said
 
appointment
 
the
 
leave
 
earned
 
by
 
him
 
and
 
standing
 
to
 
his
 
credit
 
while
 
in
 
such
 
servi
ce
 
and
 
may
 
be
 
granted
 
leave
 
by
 
the
 
President
 
under
 
the
 
rules
 
applicable
 
to
 
him
 
while
 
in
 
such
 
service;
 
and
 
his
 
service
 
as
 
Commissioner
 
shall
 
count
 
for
 
the
 
grant
 
of
 
leave
 
under
 
the
 
said
 
rules.
 
 
(2) A Commissioner who, within the period of seven days immediat
ely preceding his 
appointment as such, was not in the service of Pakistan may be granted leave by the President as 
follows:
 
 
(a) 
 
leave on leave salary equivalent to full pay at the rate of one eleventh of the 
period spent on duty;
 
 
1
For
 
Statement
 
of
 
Objec
ts
 
and
 
Reasons,
 
SEE
 
Gaz.
 
of
 
P.,
 
1975,
 
Ext.
 
Pt.
 
111.
 
p.
 
419.
 
2
Subs.
 
by
 
Ord.
 
VII
 
of
 
02,
 
s.2,
 
with effect from
 
16
-
1
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02.
 
 
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of 
3
 
 
(b)
 
 
leave
 
on
 
leave
 
salary
 
equivalent
 
to
 
half
 
pay
 
at
 
the
 
rate
 
of
 
one
 
eleventh
 
of
 
the
 
period
 
spent
 
on
 
duty,
 
such
 
leave
 
being
 
convertible
 
in
to
 
leave
 
on
 
full
 
pay
 
at
 
the
 
rate
 
of
 
two
 
days
 
of
 
leave
 
on
 
half
 
pay
 
equal
 
to
 
one
 
day's
 
leave
 
on
 
full
 
pay,
 
if
 
it
 
is
 
availed
 
of
 
on
 
medical
 
grounds;
 
and
 
(c)
 
 
extraordinary
 
leave
 
without
 
pay
 
or
 
allowances
 
for
 
a
 
period
 
not
 
exceeding
 
three
 
months
 
during
 
his
 
full
 
t
erm
 
of
 
three
 
years,
 
subject
 
to
 
a
 
maximum
 
of
 
two
 
months
 
at
 
any
 
one
 
time,
 
the
 
Commissioner
 
being
 
entitled
 
to
 
combine
 
such
 
leave
 
with
 
any
 
other
 
kind
 
of
 
leave
 
admissible
 
to
 
him.
 
 
6
.
 
[Repeal.]
 
Omitted
 
by
 
the
 
Federal
 
Laws
 
(Revision
 
and
 
Declaration)
 
Ordinance,
 
1981
 
(XXVII
 
of
 
1981),
 
s.
 
3
 
and
 
Sch.,
 
II
.