The SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS OF PARLIAMENT ACT, 1953

Sections

Section 5: Sumptuary allowance.

There shall be paid to [Omitted] the Speaker of the House of the People a sumptuary allowance of one thousand rupees per mensem and to the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker a sumptuary allowance of five hundred rupees per mensem:] 3[Provided that on and from the 17th day of September, 2001, the sumptuary allowance shall be paid to—

(a) the Speaker of the House of the People at the same rate at which the sumptuary allowance is payable, under section 5 of the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952 (58 of 1952), to every other Minister who is a member of the Cabinet;

(b) the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker at the same rate at which the sumptuary allowance is payable, under section 5 of the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952 (58 of 1952), to a Minister of State.]