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Medical facilities \r\n16. Leave \r\n17. Personal Staff \r\n18. General \r\n19. Telephone \r\n20. Power to make rules \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB SPECIAL ASSISTANTS (SALARY, ALLOWANCES AND \r\nPRIVILEGES) ORDINANCE, 2002 \r\n(LXXVI of 2002) \r\n[28th October, 2002] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto provide for appointment, salary, allowances and privileges of Special Assistants to \r\nthe Chief Minister of the Punjab; \r\nPreamble.– Whereas it is expedient to provide for ap pointment, salary, allowances \r\nand privileges of Special Assistants to the Chief Minister of the Punjab; \r\nAnd whereas the Provincial Assem bly of the Punjab is dissolved and the \r\nGovernor is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take \r\nimmediate action; \r\nAnd whereas under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) \r\nOrder No.9 of 1999, as amended by the Chief Executive‟s Order No.11 of 2000, the \r\nGovernor of a Province may issue and promulgate an Ordinance; \r\nNow, therefore, in exer cise of the aforesaid powers and all other powers \r\nenabling him in that behalf, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and \r\npromulgate the following Ordinance:– \r\n1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called the \r\nPunjab Special Assistants (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Ordinance, 2002. \r\n (2) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the subject or context otherwise \r\nrequires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to \r\nthem respectively: \r\n(a) “Chief Minister” means the Chief Minister of the Punjab; \r\n(b) “family” means the wife and children residing with and wholly \r\ndependent upon the Special Assistant; \r\n(c) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; \r\n(d) “maintenance” in relation to a residence includes the payment of local \r\nrates, tax and the provision of electricity, water and gas; \r\n \r\n1Promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 28 October 2002; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated 28 October 2002, pages 3119-3123. Under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), \r\nit will remain in force notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the \r\nIslamic Republic of Pakistan. \r\n(e) “official residence” means the house reserved from time to time for \r\nresidence by a Special Assistant and includes out houses and gardens \r\nappurtenant thereto; \r\n(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules framed under this Ordinance; \r\nand \r\n(g) “Special Assistant” means a person appointed as Special Assistant to \r\nthe Chief Minister under this Ordinance. \r\n3. Appointment and term of office .– (1) The C hief Minister may appoint not \r\nmore than five Special Assistants who shall hold office during the pleasure of the \r\nChief Minister. \r\n (2) A Special Assistant shall perform such functions as may be assigned to \r\nhim by the Chief Minister. \r\n4. Salary.– \r\n2\r\n[(1)] The Salary of a Special Assistant shall be \r\n3\r\n[\r\n4\r\n[six hundred and \r\nsixty-five] thousand] rupees per month. \r\n5\r\n[\r\n6\r\n[(2) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, increase \r\nthe salary mentioned in subsection (1).] \r\n7\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * * * *]] \r\n5. Sumptuary allowance.– A Special Assistant shall be entitled to get 8[fifteen \r\nthousand] rupees per month as sumptuary allowance. \r\n6. Transport.– A Special Assistant to the Chief Minister shall be entitled to the \r\nuse of one official car throughout his term of offic e and for a period of fift een days \r\nimmediately thereafter; provided that the Chief Minister may withhold this facility to a \r\nSpecial Assistant who is removed from his office on the ground of misconduct. \r\n7. Official residence .– (1) A Special Assistant shall be entitled, w ithout \r\npayment of rent, to the use of an official residence including accommodation on tour \r\nthroughout his term of office, and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, \r\nand the charges for its maintenance including the electricity and gas charges shall \r\nbe borne by Government. The residence shall be furnished by Government at a cost \r\nnot exceeding one hundred thousand rupees. \r\n (2) If at the time of entering upon office, an official residence is not \r\navailable, a Special Assistant shal l, until such residence is provided by Government, \r\n \r\n2Renumbered by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Amendmen t) Act 2016 (XI of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated 17 February 2016, pp. 3911-3914, s. 7: it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015. \r\n3Substituted for the words “thirty five thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Ame ndment) Act 2019 (XVI of 2019), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01 st July 2019, pp. 01-03, s.8. \r\n4Substituted for the words “one hundred” by the Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives Act 2024 (XVI of 2024), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 December 2024, pp. 1835 -1836, s.7(a). \r\n5Inserted by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extra ordinary), dated \r\n17 February 2016, pp. 3911-3914, s. 7: it came into force w.e.f. 1 July 2015. \r\n6Substituted by the Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives Act 2024 (XVI of 2024), published in the Punjab Gaze tte \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 20 December 2024, pp. 1835-1836, s.7(b). \r\n7Omitted by the Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives Act 2024 (XVI of 2024), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraor dinary), \r\ndated: 20 December 2024, pp. 1835-1836, s.7(c). \r\n8Substituted for the words “ four thousand” by the Punjab Public Representa tives‟ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 (XVI of 2019), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01 st July 2019, pp. 01-03, s.8. \r\nbe paid the actual expenditure incurred by him on furnished accommodation for \r\nhimself and his family, subject to a maximum of twenty thousand rupees per month. \r\n (3) Where a Special Assistant chooses to reside:– \r\n(i) in his own house; or \r\n(ii) in a rented house occupied by him before his appointment as a Special \r\nAssistant; \r\nhe may be paid a monthly sum of twenty thousand rupees in lieu of the official \r\nfurnished accommodation and to cover all expenses on its mai ntenance. The \r\ncharges for consumption of electricity and gas in respect of the said house shall be \r\nborne by Government. \r\n8. Travelling allowance .– (1) Subject to the provisions made hereafter a \r\nSpecial Assistant travelling on official duty shall be treated as a first grade officer. \r\n (2) A Special Assistant may, if the public interest so demands travel b y air \r\nin which case he shall be entitled to– \r\n (a) business class airfare paid for himself; \r\n (b) cost of transporting personal luggage up to forty five kilogra ms, \r\ninclusive of the free allowance given by the air company; \r\n (c) take with himself the spouse when travelling by a commercial \r\naeroplane; and \r\n (d) claim the actual premium paid for insuring himself for the air journey for \r\nan amount not exceeding one lac rupees. \r\n(3) Wherever possible a Special Assistant shall purchase return air ticket. \r\n(4) A Special Assistant, when travelling on duty by rail in Pakistan, shall be \r\nentitled to– \r\n (a) requisition at the cost of Government– \r\n(i) an ordinary first-cum-second class carriage or a „B‟ class tourist \r\ncar or an „A‟ class tourist car, if a „B‟ class tourist car is not \r\navailable; or \r\n(ii) if the vehicles specified at (i) above are not available, or are not \r\ndesired an ordinary four berthed first class compartment or a \r\ntwo berthed air-conditioned (coupe) compartment; \r\n(b) take with himself in the reserved accommodation without payment of \r\nany fair, his family members not exceeding four when travelling in a \r\nrequisitioned railway compartment or saloon; \r\n(c) take with himself up t o two personal servants by the lowest class of \r\naccommodation available; and \r\n(d) the carriage of personal luggage up to one hundred and twenty \r\nkilograms when travelling by a railway compartment or up to two \r\nhundred and forty kilogram s when travelling by a r equisitioned railway \r\nsaloon. \r\n (5) A Special Assistant reserving accommodation in a railway shall be \r\nrequired before beginning the journey, to have the number and other details of the \r\ntickets purchased for the persons travelling with him in the reserved acc ommodation \r\nentered in the requisition form by the station master of the station from where the \r\njourney is to commence. \r\n (6) When a Special Assistant travels on duty, in public interest, by road \r\nbetween places connected by Railway and chooses to forego the privileges granted \r\nunder sub -section (4), he may, where the journey is performed in a vehicle not \r\nowned or maintained by Government, draw– \r\n(a) travelling allowance at the rate of three rupees per kilometer for his \r\nown journey by road, and \r\n(b) actual expenses of transport of– \r\n(i) two private servants; and \r\n(ii) all his personal luggage including stores carried for consumption \r\non tour. \r\n9. Form of Certi ficate.– Every claim by a Special Assistant for travelling \r\nallowance or daily allowance shall be supported by a written certificate in the \r\nfollowing form signed by him:- \r\n“Certified that the amount has not been claimed by me in any other bill or \r\ndrawn by me from any other source.” \r\n 9[* * * * * *] \r\n10\r\n[11. Financial assistance in case of death. – In case of death of a S pecial \r\nAssistant, legal heirs of the deceased Special Assistant shall be entitled to receive \r\nsuch amount as financial assistance from the Government as admissible to a \r\ndeceased civil servant of the Government in the highest grade.] \r\n12. Daily allowance .– A Special Assistant, while on tour, shall be entitled to \r\nreceive a daily allowance at the rate of five hundred and fifty rupees per day: \r\nProvided that where the duration of tour is less than eight hours, one half daily \r\nallowance shall be admissible. \r\n13. Controlling Officer .– The Minister Finance shall, for purposes of travelling \r\nallowances, be the Controlling Officer of a Special Assistant. \r\n14. Travelling allowance for tour abroad .– A Special Assistant travelling on \r\nofficial business outside Pakistan shall be entitled to first class air fare and such \r\nallowance as may be specified by Government. \r\n \r\n9Omitted by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Amendment) Act 2021 (XLVIII of 2021), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 24th December 2021, pp. 3213-3214, s.3. \r\n10Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII of 2025), published in Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 12th November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(f). \r\n11\r\n[15. Medical facilities.– A Special Assistant shall be entitled, for himself and for \r\nhis parents, spouse, real and step sons and daughters, wholly dependent upon him, \r\nto medical facilities admissible in terms of the Special Medical Attendance Rules, \r\n1950.] \r\n16. Leave.– \r\n(a) The Chief Minister may grant, to a Special Assistant during his term of \r\noffice at any one time or from time to time, leave of absence, for urgent \r\nreasons of health or private affairs, for a period not exceeding three \r\nmonths in the aggregate. \r\n(b) The leave allowance of a Special Assistant shall be the same as his \r\nsalary. \r\n17. Personal Staff.– A Special Assistant, except while on leave, shall be entitled \r\nto have such personal staff as may be sanctioned by Government. \r\n18. General.– (1) All reasonable precautions shall be taken to see that the official \r\nresidence, transport and furniture provided to a Special Assistant by Government are \r\nused with the same care with which a person‟s own property is taken care of. \r\n (2) All furniture and furnishing provide d in an official residence shall be \r\nmarked by the Buildings Department, Punjab, for the purpose of identification. \r\n (3) When a Special Assistant occupies an of ficial residence, it shall be the \r\nduty of the officer concerned of the said Department to hand over charge of the \r\nfurniture and furnishings in that residence to the Special Assistant or to a person \r\nauthorized by him in writing according to an inventory to be drawn up and signed by \r\nsuch officer. \r\n (4) When a Special Assistant is about to vacate the official residence, he \r\nshall inform the officer concerned of the said Department and shall arrange that the \r\nfurniture and furnishings of the official residence are handed over to that officer \r\naccording to an inventory to be drawn up and signed. \r\n19. Telephone.– A Special Assistant shall be entitled to one official telephone at \r\noffice and one official telephone at the residence, both for official and private \r\npurposes: \r\nProvided that the liability of Government in respect of the telephone installed \r\nat the residence shall not exceed an amount equal to ten thousand local calls. \r\n20. Power to make rules .– Government may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance. \r\n \r\n11Substituted by the Punjab Revision of Medical Facilities of Public Representatives Act 2006 (XV of 2006); and published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 2.11.2006, pages 1555-1556, s.7.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-4acb3233d0034afa:sha256:f3be8e05c184f63296543db00c27b9948984df35dd01fe0798e89c1ae55f968a:chars-0-1723:86d04336ade73f6b3f0c457c825d68bf3faf7710289b194482d8a6560d5278f3", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1723, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1731, "passage_sha256": "86d04336ade73f6b3f0c457c825d68bf3faf7710289b194482d8a6560d5278f3", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1723-86d04336ade73f6b" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-4acb3233d0034afa:sha256:f3be8e05c184f63296543db00c27b9948984df35dd01fe0798e89c1ae55f968a:chars-1723-3521:1dfe53823a85cb5f87bb9e899297422e2b6aa89cee1748b352d9160bfa3df76d", "character_start": 1723, "character_end": 3521, "utf8_byte_start": 1731, "utf8_byte_end": 3563, "passage_sha256": "1dfe53823a85cb5f87bb9e899297422e2b6aa89cee1748b352d9160bfa3df76d", "reader_fragment": "p-1723-3521-1dfe53823a85cb5f" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-4acb3233d0034afa:sha256:f3be8e05c184f63296543db00c27b9948984df35dd01fe0798e89c1ae55f968a:chars-3521-5209:ead63a22fe3c0f98cde9f5a00aa4e10d002dfc4b3cbc72eb9ec75bc6d4ae5e19", "character_start": 3521, "character_end": 5209, "utf8_byte_start": 3563, "utf8_byte_end": 5259, "passage_sha256": "ead63a22fe3c0f98cde9f5a00aa4e10d002dfc4b3cbc72eb9ec75bc6d4ae5e19", "reader_fragment": "p-3521-5209-ead63a22fe3c0f98" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-4acb3233d0034afa:sha256:f3be8e05c184f63296543db00c27b9948984df35dd01fe0798e89c1ae55f968a:chars-5209-6991:040b7577894681cb9e071374a25ce886dfe1eb28c20274a02d65f624ef06a9c2", "character_start": 5209, "character_end": 6991, "utf8_byte_start": 5259, "utf8_byte_end": 7061, "passage_sha256": "040b7577894681cb9e071374a25ce886dfe1eb28c20274a02d65f624ef06a9c2", "reader_fragment": "p-5209-6991-040b7577894681cb" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-4acb3233d0034afa:sha256:f3be8e05c184f63296543db00c27b9948984df35dd01fe0798e89c1ae55f968a:chars-6991-8783:5066bc85f482840cd9277ada0999d0741cc16eab978e16e7da6964e217d977e4", "character_start": 6991, "character_end": 8783, "utf8_byte_start": 7061, "utf8_byte_end": 8873, "passage_sha256": "5066bc85f482840cd9277ada0999d0741cc16eab978e16e7da6964e217d977e4", "reader_fragment": "p-6991-8783-5066bc85f482840c" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-4acb3233d0034afa:sha256:f3be8e05c184f63296543db00c27b9948984df35dd01fe0798e89c1ae55f968a:chars-8783-10574:d3f14ebc2adcd23be727d26f12baaaaf9188e1251b630e36a5f26f1ba81392cd", "character_start": 8783, "character_end": 10574, "utf8_byte_start": 8873, "utf8_byte_end": 10678, "passage_sha256": "d3f14ebc2adcd23be727d26f12baaaaf9188e1251b630e36a5f26f1ba81392cd", "reader_fragment": "p-8783-10574-d3f14ebc2adcd23b" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-4acb3233d0034afa:sha256:f3be8e05c184f63296543db00c27b9948984df35dd01fe0798e89c1ae55f968a:chars-10574-12335:fbc08d38c5a8ac858bda61d7d7e498af475c6c42a2f4743977a3e7acb8031ac2", "character_start": 10574, "character_end": 12335, "utf8_byte_start": 10678, "utf8_byte_end": 12453, "passage_sha256": "fbc08d38c5a8ac858bda61d7d7e498af475c6c42a2f4743977a3e7acb8031ac2", "reader_fragment": "p-10574-12335-fbc08d38c5a8ac85" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-4acb3233d0034afa:sha256:f3be8e05c184f63296543db00c27b9948984df35dd01fe0798e89c1ae55f968a:chars-12335-14069:ca068bb421e0ffc828475c7312ce06d760919a9837dc0f6f7d510de6b94c099b", "character_start": 12335, "character_end": 14069, "utf8_byte_start": 12453, "utf8_byte_end": 14193, "passage_sha256": "ca068bb421e0ffc828475c7312ce06d760919a9837dc0f6f7d510de6b94c099b", "reader_fragment": "p-12335-14069-ca068bb421e0ffc8" } ] }