PUNJAB PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY (SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS) ACT, 1974

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THE PUNJAB PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY (SALARIES, 
ALLOWANCES AND PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS) ACT, 
1974 
(XVI of 1974) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Salary 
4. Daily Allowance and Conveyance Allowance 
5. Travelling Allowance 
5-A. Additional traveling allowance 
6. Form of certificate 
7. Omitted 
7-A. Accommodation Allowance 
7-B House rent and utilities allowance 
8. Medical facilities 
9. Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance  for business other than 
Assembly business 
10. Telephone 
10-A. Office Maintenance Allowance 
10-B. Sumptuary Allowance 
10-C Financial assistance in case of death 
11. Leader of the Opposition 
11-A. Transport 
12. Exemption from payment of toll tax 
13. Power to make rules 
14. Repeal 
15. Repeal of Punjab Ordinance No. XII of 1974 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY (SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND 
PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS) ACT, 1974 
(XVI of 1974) 
[21st December, 1974] 
An 
Act 
to provide for salaries, allowances and privileges of Members of the Provincial 
Assembly of the Province of the Punjab. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for salaries, allowances and 
privileges of the Members of the Provincial Assembly of the Province of the Punjab; 
 It is hereby enacted as follows:– 
1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the Punjab 
Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) Act, 1974. 
 (2) It shall come into force at once, but shall be deemed to have  taken 
effect on and from the 1st day of October, 1974. 
2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or 
context,– 
(a) “Assembly” means the Provincial Assembly of the Province of the 
Punjab; 
(b) “Committee” means a Select Committee or other committee of the 
Assembly and includes any committee appointed by the Government 
for a purpose connected with the Assembly and declared by the 
Government to be a Committee of the Assembly; 
2[(bb) “Finance Committee” means the Finance Com mittee of Provincial 
Assembly of the Punjab;] 
(c) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; 
(d) “meeting” means a meeting of the Assembly or any of its Committees 
from the commencement of its business to the termination of the 
business of a day; 
(e) “Member” means a Member of the Assembly other than an Adviser, 
Minister, Parliamentary Secretary, Speaker or Deputy Speaker; 
(f) “period of residence on duty” means the period during which a Member 
resides at a place where a session of the Assembly or of a Committee 
                                                 
1This Act was  passed by the Punjab Assembly on 17th December, 1974; assented to by the Governor of the 
Punjab on 21st December, 1974; and, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21st December, 
1974, pages 1582-A to 1582-F. 
2Inserted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 ( LXXXVII of 2025), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(a)(i). 
is held or where any other business connected with his duties as such 
Member is transacted, for the purpose of attending to such other 
business and includes– 
(i) in the case of a session of the Assembly, a period of such 
residence, not exceeding three days, immediately preceding the 
commencement of the session and a period of such residence, 
not exceeding three days, immediately following the end of the 
session; and 
(ii) in the case of a sitting of a Committee or any other business, a 
period of such residence not exceeding two days, immediately 
preceding the commencement of the business of the Committee 
or other business and a period of such residence, not exceeding 
two days immediately following the conclusion of the business of 
the Committee or any other business; and 
(g) “session” means the period commencing on the day of the first meeting 
of the Assembly after having been summoned and ending on the day 
the Assembly is prorogued or dissolved. 
3. Salary.– (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3), a 
Member may draw salary at the rate of 
3
[
4
[four hundred ] thousand] rupees per 
mensem: 
 Provided that a Member who, without permission of the Assembly,– 
(a) fails to attend at lest three-fourth of the total number of sittings held in a 
month; or 
(b) if elected during the course of a month, fails to attend at least three -
fourth of the total number of meetings held in that month subsequent to 
                                                 
3Substituted for the words “ eighty thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 
(XVI o f 2019), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 01 -03, s. 2. It was 
earlier substituted for the words “ten thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 
2016 (XI of 2016); and published in the Punj ab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 17.2.2016, pages 3911 -3914, s.2: 
it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015, which were earlier s ubstituted for the words “four thousand and five 
hundred” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance , 2002 (LXXII of 2002); and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.10.2002, pages 3087 -3090, s.2, which will remain in 
force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the 
maximum li mit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of t he Islamic Republic of 
Pakistan; 
and then substituted for the words “two thousand and five hundred” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of 
Public Representatives Act, 1995 (IV of 199 5); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.2; 
and, then substituted for the word “two thousand” by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and 
Privileges of Members) (Amendment) Act, 1989 (X of 1989); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated 26.7.1989, pages 13-G to 13-I (effective from the 1st day of July, 1989). 
earlier the original words “one thousand” were substituted for the words “two thousand” by the Punjab Provincial 
Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Amendment) Act, 1985 (XI of 1985); and published 
in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 7.11.1985, pages 5228-W to 5228-Z, s.2. 
4Substituted for the words “ seventy six” by the Punjab Revision of Sal aries of Public Representatives Act 2024 
(XVI of 2024), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 December 2024, pp. 1835-1836, s.2(a).  
 
the date on which he takes his oath , shall be ineligible to draw salary 
for that month. 
 (2) In the case of a Member who, by virtue of his holding an office of profit 
in the service of Pakistan declared by law not to disqualify its holder from being a 
Member, is entitled to receive a salary, the amount of salary to which he is entitled 
under this Act, shall be only such amount as would not, together with the amount of 
the salary calculated on a monthly basis to which he is entitled by virtue of his 
holding such an office, exceed 
5
[the salary as mentioned in subsection (1)]. 
 (3) No salary shall be paid to any Member in respect of any period during 
which he was under detention on conviction for an offence involving moral turpitude 
under any law for the time being in force. 
 
6
[(4) The Finance Committee may increase salary of a Member of the 
Assembly in proportion to the increase in the salary of a civil servant of the 
Government in the highest grade.] 
7
[* * * * * * * * * * * * *] 
4. 
8
[Daily Allowance and Conveyance Allowance] .– A Member shall be 
entitled to receive a daily allowance at the rate of  
9
[three thousand] rupees 
10
[and 
                                                 
5Substituted for the words “ ten thousand rupees per mensem ” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Law s 
(Amendment) Act 2019 (XVI of 2019), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 
01-03, s. 2. It was earlier s ubstituted for the words “four thousand and five hundred” by the Punjab Revision of 
Emoluments of Public Represent atives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002) ; and published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 21.10.2002, pages 3087 -3090, s.2 , which will remain in force under the Provisional 
Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstandin g the maximum limit of three months 
prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of t he Islamic Republic of Pakistan;  which were substituted for 
the words “two thousand and five hundred” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Ac t, 
1995 (IV of 1995); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.2;  earlier 
the original words “one thousand” were substituted for the words “two thousand” by the Punjab Provincial 
Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Amendment) Act, 1985 (XI of 1985); and published 
in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 7.11.1985, pages 5228-W to 5228-Z, s.2. 
6Substituted by Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 ( LXXXVII of 2025), published in the Punjab G azette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(a)(ii). 
7Omitted by the Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives Act 2024 (XVI of 2024), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 December 2024, pp. 1835-1836, s.2(c).  
8Substituted by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Amendment) 
Act, 1985 (XI of 1985) ; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 7.11.1985, pages 5228 -W to 
5228-Z, s.2. 
9Substituted for the words “ two thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 20 21 
(XLVIII of 20 21), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 24th December 2021, pp. 3213-3214, 
s.2. Earlier substituted Substituted for the words “one  thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws 
(Amendment) Act 2019 (XVI of 2019), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 
01-03, s.2. It was earlier substituted for the words “six hundred and fifty” by the Punjab  Public Representatives’ 
Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 17.2.2016, 
pages 3911-3914, s.2: it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015 ,  which were earlier s substituted for the words “five 
hundred and fifty” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Repres entatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006)  ; and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), date d 21.7.2006, pages 205 -209, s.6, and  then substituted for 
the words “four hundred” by the  Punjab Rev ision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance, 2002 
(LXXII of 2002); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.10.2002, pages 3087-3090, s.2. 
10Inserted by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Am endment) 
Act, 1985 (XI of 1985); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 7.11.1985, pages 5228 -W to 
5228-Z, s.2. 
conveyance allowance at the rate of 
11
[two thousand] rupees] per diem for the period 
of residence on duty 
12
[and for the day of arrival at and the day of departure from the 
place where a session of the Assembly or a meeting of a Committee is held or where 
any other business connected with his duties as such Member is transacted.] 
5. Travelling Allowance.– (1) For every journey performed for the purpose of 
attending a session or a meeting of a Committee or for attending to any o ther 
business connected with his duties as Member from his usual place of residence to 
the place where the session or meeting is held or other business is transacted and 
for the return journey from such place to his usual place of residence, a Member 
shall be entitled to receive travelling allowance at the following rates:– 
(a) where the journey is performed by rail, an amount equal to the fare of 
the class travelled plus half fare of the AC class; 
(b) where the journey is performed by air, the fare of the 
13
[Business 
Class]; and 
(c) where the journey or any part thereof is performed by road 
14
[the fare at 
the rates for the purpose mentioned in the Punjab Travelling Allowance 
Rules for the time being in force for officers of Grade First;] 
 
15
[(i) * * * * * * * * * *   ] 
 
16
[(ii) * * * * * * * * * *   ] 
 
17
[(iii) * * * * * * * * * *   ] 
18
[Provided that if the journey is performed by personal car, the mileage 
allowance shall be 
19
[
20
[fifteen] rupees] per kilometer;] 
                                                 
11Substituted for the words “ one thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 20 21 
(XLVIII of 20 21), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 24th December 2021, pp. 3213-3214, 
s.2. Earlier substituted for the words “six hundred” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 
2019 (XVI of 2019), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 01-03, s.2. It was 
earlier substituted for the words “four hundred” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 
2016 (XI of 2016); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), da ted 17.2.2016, pages 3911-3914, s.2: 
it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015. Earlier s ubstituted for the words “two hundred and fifty” by the Punjab 
Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002), which will remain in force  
under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum 
limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
12Added by the Punjab Provincial Assem bly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Amendm ent) Act, 
1975 (XXVIII of 1975); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 31.3.1975, pages 237 -U to 
237-V, s.3 (effective from the 1st day of October, 1974). 
13Substituted by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Represe ntatives Act, 1995 (IV of 1995); and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.2. 
14Added by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members)  (Amendment) 
Ordinance, 1985 (XXXV of 1985). 
15Omitted ibid. 
16Ibid. 
17Ibid. 
18Added by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Amendment) Act, 
1985 (XI of 1985); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 7.11.1985, pages 5228-W to 5228-
Z, s.2. 
19Substituted for the words “three rupees” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Repres entatives Act 
2006 (IX of 2006) ; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, pages 205-209, s.6. 
Provided that– 
(i) no travelling allowance shall be admissible for journeys made during a 
session between the place where the session is held and any other 
place; and 
(ii) a Member who ordinarily resides or carries on business at any place 
within five miles of the place at which his attendance is required i n 
connection with his duties as a Member, shall not be entitled to 
travelling allowance. 
 (2) Travelling allowance at the rates mentioned in sub -section (1) shall be 
admissible to a Member for journey performed during the period of adjournment of a 
session, if the session is adjourned for a period of more than ten days. 
 
21
[(3) A member shall be entitled to travel by air in first class while travelling 
abroad on an official visit.] 
22
[5-A. Additional traveling allowance .– Notwithstanding anything contained in  
section 5, a Member shall be entitled to a sum of 
23
[six hundred thousand] rupees per 
annum as an additional traveling allowance. 
Explanation.– In this section, “Member” means a Member of the Provincial 
Assembly of the Punjab, the Speaker, the Deputy Speak er, a Minister, a 
Parliamentary Secretary, a Special Assistant and Advisor to Chief Minister: 
Provided that for purpose of this section only an elected member of the 
Provincial Assembly of the Punjab serving as a Special Assistant or an Advisor to 
Chief Minister shall be considered as Member] 
6. Form of certificate .– Every claim by a Member for travelling allowance or 
daily allowance shall be supported by a written certificate in the following form signed 
by the Member:– 
“Certified that the amount has not b een claimed by me in any other bill or 
drawn by me from any other source.” 
24
[7. * * * * * * * * * * * *   ] 
                                                                                                                                                        
20Substituted for the words “five” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 
2016); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 17.2.2016, pages 3911 -3914, s.2: it came into 
force w.e.f. 1 July 2015.  
21Added by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act, 1995 (IV of 1995) ; and published 
in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.2. 
22Substituted by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileg es of Members) (Amendment) 
Act 2007 (XI of 2007); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 30.10.2007, pages 1445 -1446, 
s.2. Earlier substituted by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII 
of 2002); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.10.2002, pages 3087-3090, s.2. 
23Substituted for the words “ three hundred thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) 
Act 20 21 (XLVIII of 20 21), published in the Punjab Ga zette (Extraordinary), dated: 24th December 2021, pp. 
3213-3214, s.2.  Earlier s ubstituted for the words “ one hundred and twenty thousand ” by the Punjab Public 
Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 (XVI of 2019), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extrao rdinary), 
dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 01 -03, s.2. It was earlier substituted for the words “seventy five” by the Punjab Public 
Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated 17.2.2016, pages 3911-3914, s.2: it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015.  
25
[7-A. Accommodation Allowance .– Where Official accommodation is not 
provided to a Member, he shall be paid an accommodation allowance at the rate o f 
26
[five thousand] rupees per day for the period of residence on duty.] 
27
[7-B. House rent and utilities allowance .– (1) A Member shall be entitled to 
receive house rent at the rate of 
28
[fifty thousand] rupees per month. 
 (2) A Member shall be entitled to r eceive utilities allowance for gas and 
electricity charges of his residential accommodation at the rate of 
29
[fifteen thousand] 
rupees per month.] 
 30[8. Medical facilities .– The Government shall establish a hospital in the 
Assembly Secretariat for providing free of cost medical facilities to the Members and 
their parents, spouse, real and step -sons and daughters, wholly dependent upon 
them, and they shall also be entitled to free indoor and outdoor medical facilities of 
the standard admissible to a Class -I o fficer at other public sector hospitals of the 
Government.] 
 31[Provided that an ex -Member of the Assembly shall also be entitled to free 
indoor and outdoor medical facilities of the same standard.] 
9. Travelling allowance and Daily allowance for business o ther than 
Assembly business.– Where a Member is called by a Government Department in 
                                                                                                                                                        
24Omitted by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002); and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.11.2002, s.2. Earlier substitu ted by the Punjab 
Provincial Assembly (Salaries Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 1992 
(XXXIII of 1992); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 25.8.1992, s.2. 
25Added by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (S alaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Amendment) Act, 
1994 (X of 1994) ; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 5.12.1994, pages 261 -262, s.2 
(effective from 18 October, 1989). 
26Substituted for the words “ three thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 20 21 
(XLVIII of 20 21), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 24th December 2021, pp. 3213-3214, 
s.2. Earlier s ubstituted for the words “ one thousand and five hundred ” by the Punjab Publ ic Representatives’ 
Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 (XVI of 2019), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 
2019, pp. 01 -03, s.2. It was earlier  substituted for the words “one thousand” by the Punjab Revision of 
Emoluments of Public Repr esentatives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002) ; and published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 21.10.2002, pages 3087 -3090, s.2 , which will remain in force under the Provisional 
Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithst anding the maximum limit of three months 
prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
27Inserted by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006) ; and published 
in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, pages 205-209, s.6. 
28Substituted for the words “twenty nine thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 
2019 (XVI of 2019), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019 , pp. 01-03, s.2. It was 
earlier substituted for the words “ten thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 
2016 (XI of 2016); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 17.2.2016, pages 3911 -3914, s.2: 
it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015.  
29Substituted for the words “ six thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 
(XVI of 2019), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 01 -03, s.2. It was 
earlier substituted for the words “three thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 
2016 (XI of 2016); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 17.2.2016, pages 3911 -3914, s.2: 
it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015.  
30Substituted by Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 ( LXXXVII of 2025), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(a)(iii). 
31Added by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 (XVI of 2019), publi shed in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 01-03, s.2.  
connection with any official business in his capacity as a Member, he shall be paid 
by that Department, travelling allowance and daily allowance for the days of journey 
from and to his ordinary place of residence and for the day or days he is required to 
attend any such official business, at the rates admissible to him under this Act. 
10. Telephone.– (1) A Member shall be entitled to, at Government expense, the 
facility of a telephone at the place where he ordinarily resides, if the installation 
facility is available at such place: 
 Provided that Government shall pay only rupees 
32
[ten thousand] per month as 
charges of rent of the telephone and the calls made therefrom irresp ective of 
whether the telephone is a private connection or installed at Government expense: 
 Provided further that the Government shall not pay expenses of re -installation 
in case the place of residence is changed. 
 (2) A Member who has not been provided w ith a telephone or who has no 
telephone connection in his own name shall be entitled to get rupees 
33
[ten thousand] 
per month in lieu of the telephone charges mentioned in sub-section (1). 
34
[10-A. Office Maintenance Allowance.– A member shall be entitled to  receive an 
office maintenance allowance at the rate of 
35
[ten thousand rupees] per month]. 
36
[10-B. Sumptuary allowance.– A member shall receive sumptuary allowance at 
the rate of 
37
[ 
38
[fifteen thousand] rupees] per month]. 
                                                 
32Substituted for the words “five thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 
(XI of 2016); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary) , dated 17.2.2016, pages 3911 -3914, s.2: it 
came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015. Earlier s ubstituted for the words “four thousand” by the Punjab Revision of 
Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002) ; and published in the Punjab Ga zette 
(Extraordinary), dated 21.10.2002, pages 3087 -3090, s.2 , which will remain in force under the Provisional 
Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months 
prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
33Substituted for the words “five thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 
(XI of 2016); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 17.2.2016, pages 3911 -3914, s.2: it 
came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015. Earlier substituted for the words “four thousand” by the Punjab Revision of 
Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002); and published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 21. 10.2002, pages 3087 -3090, s.2, which will remain in force under the Provisional 
Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months 
prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
34Added by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Amendment) Act, 
1985 (XI of 1985); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 7.11.1985, pages 5228-W to 5228-
Z, s.2 (effective from the 1st day of March, 1985). 
35Substituted for the words “five thousand rupees” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public 
Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, 
pages 205-209, s.6. 
36Added by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act, 1995 (IV of 1995) ; and published 
in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.2. 
37Substituted for the words “three thousand rupees” by the Punjab Revisio n of Emoluments of Public 
Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006) ; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, 
pages 205-209, s.6. 
38Substituted for the words “ ten thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 
(XVI of 2019), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 01 -03, s.2. It was 
earlier substituted for the words “ five thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 
2016 (XI of 2016); and published  in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 17.2.2016, pages 3911 -3914, s.2: 
it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015 
39
[10-C.  Financial assistance in c ase of death .– In case of death of a Member, 
legal heirs of the deceased Member shall be entitled to receive such amount as 
financial assistance as admissible to a deceased civil servant of the Government in 
the highest grade.] 
40
[11. Leader of the Oppositi on.– Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Leader 
of the Opposition shall be entitled to the salary, allowances and privileges as are 
admissible to a Provincial Minister under the Punjab Ministers (Salaries, Allowances 
and Privileges) Act, 1975 (XLI of 1975) 
41
[:]] 
 
42
[Provided that the Leader of Opposition shall be entitled to one official 
telephone at his office and one at his residence, both for office and private use: 
 Provided further that the liability of Government in respect of the two 
telephones installed shall not exceed the amount equal to ten thousand local calls 
collectively for both the telephones.] 
43[11-A. Transport.– A Member who holds the office of a Chairperson of a 
Committee of the Assembly, other than that of a Select Committee or a Spe cial 
Committee, shall be entitled to the use of one official car provided and maintained by 
the Assembly Secretariat including fuel as admissible to a civil servant of the 
Government in the highest grade  throughout his term of office and for a period of 
seven days immediately thereafter, and where he avails himself of this facility, he 
shall not be entitled to receive the conveyance allowance under section 4 and 
travelling allowance under section 5.] 
Provided that– 
(i) only one car shall be provided to a Ch airman of a 
44
[***] Committee 
during the whole term of his office; 
(ii) a Chairman of a 
45
[* * *] Committee shall be allowed 
46
[thirty thousand] 
rupees] per month as petrol and maintenance allowance and expenses 
on petrol and maintenance of the car shall entirely be his responsibility; 
                                                 
39Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII of 2025), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(a)(iv). 
40Substituted by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Represe ntatives Act, 1995 (IV of 1995); and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9 -17, s.2.  Earlier substituted by the 
Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 
1992 (XXXIII of 1992); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 25.8.1992, s.2.(a)(v) 
41Substituted for the full -stop by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance, 2002 
(LXXII of 2002) ; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.10.2002, pages 3087 -3090, s.2, 
which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of  1999), Article 4, 
notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic 
Republic of Pakistan. 
42Inserted ibid. 
43Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII of 2025), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(a)(v). 
44Omitted by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Amendment) 
Act, 1990 (IV of 1990) ; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Ex traordinary), dated 12.7.1990, pages 1297 -E to 
1297-F (effective from 1st day of July, 1989). 
45Ibid. 
(iii) on ceasing to hold office the Chairman of the 
47
[***] Committee shall 
return the car within 3 days.] 
12. Exemption from payment of toll tax .– A Member shall be exempt from the 
payment of toll tax levied by Government or any local authority in the Province. 
48[13. Power to make rules.– The Finance Committee may make rules to carry out 
the purposes of this Act.] 
14. Repeal.– The Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and 
Privileges of Members) Order, 1972 (Punjab Orde r No.1 of 1972), is hereby 
repealed. 
15. Repeal of Punjab Ordinance No. XII of 1974 .– The Punjab Provincial 
Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) Ordinance, 1974 
(Punjab Ordinance No. XII of 1974), is hereby repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                                                        
46Substituted for the words “fifteen thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 
(XVI of 2019), published in the Punjab Gazett e (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 01 -03, s.2. It was 
earlier substituted for the words “eight thousand rupees” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public 
Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordin ary), dated 21.7.2006, 
pages 205-209, s.6. 
47Omitted by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Amendment) 
Act, 1990 (IV of 1990)  ; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 12.7.1990, pages 1297 -E to 
1297-F (effective from 1st day of July, 1989) 
48Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII of 2025), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(a)(vi).