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Controlling officer \r\n13. Travelling allowance for tour abroad \r\n14. Medical facilities \r\n15. [Omitted] \r\n16. [Omitted] \r\n17. Charge report \r\n18. General \r\n19. Holidaying abroad \r\n20. Telephone \r\n21. Discretionary grant \r\n21A Miscellaneous \r\n22. Power to make rules \r\n23. Repeal \r\n24. Repeal of Punjab Ord. No. XV of 1975 \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER (SALARY, \r\nALLOWANCES AND PRIVILEGES) ACT, 1975 \r\n(XLII of 1975) \r\n[5th July, 1975] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the salary, allowances and privileges of the Speaker of the Provincial \r\nAssembly of the Punjab. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the salary, allowances and \r\nprivileges of the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab; \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\n1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the Punjab \r\nProvincial Assembly Speaker (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975. \r\n (2) It shall come into force at once but shall be deemed to have taken \r\neffect on and from the first day of March, 1975. \r\n2. Definitions.– (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the \r\nfollowing expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to \r\nthem, that is to say– \r\n(a) “Constitution” means the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of \r\nPakistan; \r\n(b) “family” means the wife and children residing with and wholly \r\ndependent upon the Speaker; \r\n2[(bb) “Finance Comm ittee” means the Finance Committee of Provincial \r\nAssembly of the Punjab;] \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, taxes and the provision of electricity, water and gas; \r\n(e) “official residence” means the house reserved from time to time for \r\nresidence by Speaker and includes out -houses and gardens \r\nappurtenant thereto; \r\n(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules framed under this Act; and \r\n(g) “Speaker” means the Spe aker of the Provincial Assembly of the \r\nPunjab. \r\n(2) Words and expressions used but not defined in this Act shall have the \r\nsame meanings as are assigned to them in the Constitution. \r\n \r\n1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 26th June, 1975; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 5th July, 1975; \r\nand, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 5th July, 1975, pages 969-A to 969-H. \r\n2Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 12.11.2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(i). \r\n3\r\n[3. Salary.– (1) The salary of the Speaker shall be \r\n4\r\n[\r\n5\r\n[nine hundred and fi fty] \r\nthousand] rupees per month. \r\n 6[(2) The Finance Committee may increase salary of the Speaker in proportion \r\nto the increase in the salary of a civil servant of the Government in the highest \r\ngrade.] \r\n7\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * * * *]]] \r\n8\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * * * *] \r\n5. Allowance on taking up and laying down the office .– (1) The Speaker \r\nshall be entitled to claim actual expenses to the extent mentioned below from his \r\nordinary place of residence to the seat of Government and from the seat of \r\nGovernment to his ordinary place or residence on taking up or laying down office, as \r\nthe case may be:– \r\n(a) actual travelling expenses for himself and his family; \r\n(b) cost of transporting personal servants, not exceeding two, by the \r\nlowest class of accommodation; and \r\n(c) cost of transporting house-hold effects, not exceeding one hundred and \r\ntwenty maunds, by goods train, steamer, or other craft, excluding \r\naircraft, and of his personal car, if any. \r\n (2) No claim shall lie for any travel or transportation not performed within \r\nsix months of the date of taking up or laying down office, as the case may be. \r\n9[5A. Perks and Privileges of former Speaker .- Notwithstanding any other \r\nprovision of this Act, every person who, after the general elections of 2018, has held \r\nthe office of the Speaker, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab \r\n10\r\n[* * * *] \r\nunder Article 108 of the Constitution, shall, for life time, be entitled to the services of \r\na Private Secretary in Basic Pay Scale -17, a Personal Assistant in Basic Pay Scale -\r\n16, a Stenographer in Basic Pay Scale-15, a senior Clerk in Basic Pay Scale -14, a \r\njunior Clerk in Basic Pay Scale-11; and Two Naib Qasids in Basic Pay Scale-1.] \r\n6. Sumptuary allowance.– The Speaker shall be entitled to receive sumptuary \r\nallowance at the rate of \r\n11\r\n[twenty five thousand] rupees per mensem. \r\n \r\n3Substituted by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006); and published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, pages 205-209, s.2. \r\n4Substituted for the words “thirty seven thousand” by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 (XVI of \r\n2019), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01st July 2019, pp. 01-03, s.5. \r\n5Substituted for the words “one hundred and twenty five” by the Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives Act 2024 \r\n(XVI of 2024), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 December 2024, pp. 1835-1836, s.4(a). \r\n6Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c) (ii). \r\n7Omitted by the Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives Act 2024 (XVI of 2024), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 20 December 2024, pp. 1835-1836, s.4(c). \r\n8Omitted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: \r\n12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c) (iii). \r\n9Inserted 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.6. \r\n \r\n10Omitted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025 , published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 12 November 2025, p 2363-2368, s.7 (c) (iv). \r\n \r\n11Substituted for the words “ twelve thousand ” by the Punjab Public Representatives‟ Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 (XVI of \r\n2019), published in the Punjab Gaze tte (Extraordinary), dated: 01 st July 2019, pp. 01 -03, s.5. It was earlier substituted for the \r\nwords “six thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006) ; and published in \r\n12\r\n[7. Transport.– The Speaker shall be entitled to the use of 13[three] official cars \r\n14[provided and maintained by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Secretariat ] \r\nthroughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter.] \r\n8. Official residence .– (1) The Speaker shall be entitled, without payment of \r\nrent, to the use of an official residence including accommodation on tour throughout \r\nhis term of office, and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, and the \r\ncharges for its maintenance including the electricity and gas charges shall be borne \r\nby Government. \r\n15\r\n[The residence shall reasonably be furnished by the Government in \r\nthe manner as may be prescribed.] \r\n (2) If, at the time of entering upon office, an offic ial residence is not \r\navailable, the Speaker shall, until such residence is provided by Government, be \r\npaid the actual expenditure incurred by him on furnished accommodation for himself \r\nand his family, subject to a maximum of \r\n16\r\n[twenty five thousand] rupees per mensem. \r\n \r\n17\r\n[(3) Where the Speaker chooses to reside in his own house, he shall be \r\npaid a monthly sum of twenty five thousand rupees in lieu of the official furnished \r\naccommodation and to cover all expenses on its maintenance except the charges for \r\nconsumption of electricity and gas which shall be borne by the Government. \r\n (4) Where the Speaker has not been provided with an official residence or \r\nhe does not own any house at Lahore, he shall be entitled to requisition at the \r\nGovernment expense a reasonably furnished house and the Government shall bear \r\nthe electricity and gas charges of the said house.] \r\n9. Travelling allowance for touring in Pakistan .– (1) Subject to the provisions \r\nmade hereafter, the Speaker travelling on official duty shall be treated as a First \r\nGrade Officer. \r\n (2) The Speaker may, if the public interest so demands, travel by air, in \r\nwhich case he shall be entitled to– \r\n(a) \r\n18\r\n[Business Class] air fare paid for himself; \r\n \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, pages 205-209, s.2. Earlier substituted for the words “three thousands” by the \r\nPunjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act, 1995 (IV of 1995); and published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.4. \r\n12Substituted by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002); and published \r\nin the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.10.2002, pages 3087-3090, s.4, which will remain in force under the Provisional \r\nConstitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed \r\nunder Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. \r\n13Substituted for the word \"three\" by the Punjab Finance (A mendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(v). \r\n14Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(v). \r\n15Substituted by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006); and published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, pages 205-209, s.2. \r\n16Substituted for the words “seventeen thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance, \r\n2002 (LXXII of 2002); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.10.2002, pages 3087 -3090, s.4, which will \r\nremain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum \r\nlimit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Earlier substituted for the \r\nwords “eight thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act, 1995 (IV of 1995); and published \r\nin the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.4. \r\n17Substituted by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Repres entatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006) ; and published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, pages 205-209, s.2. \r\n18Substituted by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Represe ntatives Act, 1995 (IV of 1995); and published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.4. \r\n(b) cost of transporting personal luggage up to one hundred pounds, \r\ninclusive of the free allowance given by the air company; \r\n(c) requisition, at the cost of Government, if he considers it necessary in \r\nthe public interest, a Pakistan Air Force aeroplane or an aeroplane \r\nbelonging to Government , subject to availability, and in acc ordance \r\nwith the rules made by the Federal Government or the Provincial \r\nGovernment, as the case may; \r\n(d) take with himself his wife whether travelling by a commercial aeroplane \r\nor by a requisitioned aeroplane: \r\nProvided that no non -official shall be allowed to travel in a Pakistan Air \r\nForce aeroplane without the authority of the Ministry of Defence; \r\n(e) cost of transporting upto two personal servants by the lowest class of \r\naccommodation by rail or steamer; \r\n(f) carriage of personal luggage by rail or steamer, subject to a maximum \r\nof three maunds; and \r\n(g) 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, the Speaker shall purchase return air ticket. \r\n(4) The Speaker, when tra velling on duty by rail in Pakistan, shall be \r\nentitled to– \r\n(a) requisition at the cost of Government– \r\n19\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 o f \r\nany fare, his family members not exceeding four when travelling in a \r\nrequisitioned railway compartment or saloon; \r\n(c) take with himself up to two personal servants, by the lowest class of \r\naccommodation available; and \r\n(d) the carriage of personal luggage upto three maunds when travelling by \r\na railway compartment or upto six maunds when travelling by a \r\nrequisitioned railway saloon. \r\n(5) The Speaker reserving accommodation in the 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 accommodation \r\nentered on the requisition form by the Station Master of the Station from which the \r\njourney is to commence. \r\n(6) The Speaker, when travelling on duty in Pakistan by a steamer or a \r\nlaunch, shall be entitled to– \r\n(a) draw the actual fare paid for himself; \r\n \r\n19Ibid. \r\n(b) take with him upto two personal servants by the lowest class of \r\naccommodation available; and \r\n(c) the carriage of personal luggage up to three maunds. \r\n(7) When the Speaker travels on duty, in the public interest, by road \r\nbetween places connected by Railway and chooses to forego the privileges granted \r\nunder sub-section (4) and (6) he may, where the journey is performed in a vehicle \r\nnot owned or maintained by Government, draw– \r\n(a) travelling allowance at the rate of \r\n20\r\n[\r\n21\r\n[five rupees] per kilometer] for his \r\nown journey by road; and \r\n(b) actual expenses of the transport of– \r\n(i) two private servants; and \r\n(ii) all his personal luggage , including stores carried for \r\nconsumption on tour. \r\n22[10. Financial assistance in case of death.– In case of death of a Speaker, legal \r\nheirs of the deceased Speaker shall be entitled to receive such amount as financial \r\nassistance as admissible to a deceased civil servant of the Governm ent in the \r\nhighest grade.] \r\n23\r\n[11. Daily allowance and accommodation. – (1) The Speaker, while on tour \r\nwithin Pakistan or abroad, shall be entitled to such daily allowance as admissible to a \r\ncivil servant of the Government in the highest grade. \r\n(2) Where Government accommodation is not available and the Speaker on tour, \r\nwithin Pakistan or abroad, chooses to reside in a hotel, he shall be entitled to the \r\nreimbursement of actual charges incurred for the period of his stay in that hotel, in \r\naddition to the daily allowance.] \r\n12. Controlling O fficer.– The Speaker shall be his own controlling officer for \r\npurposes of travelling allowance including the journey undertaken outside his \r\njurisdiction in the discharge of his official duties \r\n24\r\n[.] \r\n13. Travelling allowance for tour abroad .– The Speaker travelling on official \r\nbusiness outside Pakistan shall be entitled to \r\n25\r\n[First Class air fare and] such \r\nallowance as may be specified by 26[the Finance Committee.] \r\n27\r\n[14. Medical facilities.– (1) The Speaker shall be entitled, for h imself and for his \r\nparents, spouse, real and step sons and daughters, wholly dependent upon him, to \r\n \r\n20Substituted for the words “Seventy-five paisas per mile” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act, \r\n1995 (IV of 1995); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.4. \r\n21Substituted for the words “three rupees” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Represe ntatives Act, 2006 (IX of \r\n2006); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, pages 205-209, s.2. \r\n22Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(vi). \r\n23Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, publis hed in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(vii). \r\n24Not printed in the original Gazette. \r\n25Added by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act, 1995 (IV of 1995); and published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.4. \r\n26Substituted for the word s \"the Finance Committee\" by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(viii). \r\nmedical facilities admissible in terms of the Special Medical Attendance Rules, \r\n1950.] \r\n28[(2) The Speaker shall also be entitled for himself, his parents, sp ouse, real and \r\nstep-sons and daughters, wholly dependent upon him to free of cost medical \r\nfacilities at the hospital established in the Assembly Secretariat.] \r\n29\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * * * *] \r\n \r\n30\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * * * *] \r\n17. Charge Report.– The Speaker shall not be required to sign a charge report \r\non taking up office as Speaker or on laying down that office. \r\n18. General.– (1) All reasonable precautions shall be taken to see that the official \r\nresidence, transport and furniture provided to the Speaker by Governm ent are used \r\nwith the same care with which a person‟s own property is taken care of. \r\n (2) All furniture and furnishings provided in the official residence shall be \r\nmarked by the Buildings Department, Punjab, for the purposes of identification. \r\n (3) When the Speaker occupies an official residence, it shall be the duty of \r\nthe officer concerned of the said Department to hand over charge of the furniture and \r\nfurnishings in that residence to 31[an authorized offi cer of the Assembly Secretariat] \r\naccording to an inventory to be drawn up and signed by such Officer. \r\n (4) When the Speaker is about to vacate the official residence, 32[the above \r\nauthorized officer ] shall inform the officer concerned of the said Department and \r\nshall arrange that the furniture and furnishin gs of the official residence are handed \r\nover to that officer according to an inventory to be drawn up and signed. \r\n (5) The Officer concerned of the said Department may, from time to time, \r\ninspect an official residence, its furniture and furnishings with th e prior approval of \r\nthe Speaker. \r\n19. Holidaying abroad.– (1) The Speaker may, while holidaying abroad, draw his \r\nfull pay in foreign currency for the period of holiday spent abroad. \r\n (2) When the Speaker is holidaying abroad and draws his pay in foreign \r\ncurrency, he shall not be liable to pay income -tax, provident fund subscription etc., in \r\nforeign currency, if he makes arrangement to pay such amount in rupees in \r\nPakistan. \r\n (3) The expenditure in foreign exchange involved under this Act shall be \r\nadjusted aga inst the foreign exchange allocation placed at the disposal of the \r\nGovernment for each relevant shipping period. \r\n \r\n27Substituted by the Punjab Revision of Medical Facilities of Public Representatives Act 2006 (XV of 2006); and published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, pages 205-209, s.2. \r\n28Added by the Punjab Finance (Amendme nt) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(ix). \r\n29Omitted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(x). \r\n30Omitted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(x). \r\n31Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(xi). \r\n32Substituted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(xi). \r\n (4) Where the pay is drawn in foreign currency by the Speaker he shall not \r\nbe eligible to receive foreign exchange allocation from the State B ank of Pakistan in \r\nany other capacity. \r\n20. Telephone.– The Speaker shall be entitled at Government expense, to the \r\nuse of two telephones at his office and two telephones at his residence both for \r\nofficial or private use throughout the term of his office an d for a period of fifteen days \r\nimmediately thereafter. He will also be entitled to free telephonic facility while on tour \r\nwhere such facility is available\r\n33\r\n[.]] \r\n \r\n34\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * * * ] \r\n21. Discretionary grant .– A sum of \r\n35\r\n[five million rupees] per ann um shall be \r\nplaced at the disposal of the Speaker for making discretionary grants in such manner \r\nas may be prescribed. \r\n36[21-A. Miscellaneous.– Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision \r\nof this Act, the Finance Committee may approve such per ks and privileges for the \r\nSpeaker as it may deem fit.] \r\n22. Power to make rules .– The 37[Finance Committee] may make rules to carry \r\nout the purposes of this Act. \r\n23. Repeal.– The Punjab Provincial Assembly Speaker (Salary, Allowances and \r\nPrivileges) Order, 1972 is hereby repealed. \r\n24. Repeal of Punjab Ord . No. XV of 1975 .– The Punjab Provincial Assembly \r\nSpeaker (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Ordinance, 1975 (Punjab Ordinance \r\nNo. XV of 1975), is hereby repealed. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n33Substituted for the colon by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Repres entatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006) ; and \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21.7.2006, pages 205-209, s.2. \r\n34Proviso omitted ibid. \r\n35Substituted for the words “rupees two lac” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Represe ntatives Act, 1995 (IV of \r\n1995); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13.2.1995, pages 9-17, s.4. \r\n36Inserted by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Act 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 12 November 2025, pp 2363-2368, s.7(c)(xiii). \r\n37Substituted for the words \"Finance Committee\" by the Punjab Finance (Amendment) Ac t 2025 (LXXXVII) of 2025, published 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