#THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS OF PARLIAMENT ACT, 1953 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title and commencement. 
2. Definition. 
3. Salaries, etc., of officers of Parliament. 
4. Residence for officers of Parliament. 
5. Sumptuary allowance. 
6. Travelling and daily allowances to officers of Parliament. 
7. Medical facilities to officers of Parliament. 
7A. Family pension, etc., to spouse of Speaker dying in office. 
8. Advances to officers of Parliament for purchase of motor-cars. 
9. Officers of Parliament not to draw salary or allowances as Members of Parliament. 
10. Notification  respecting  appointment,  etc.,  of  officers  of  Parliament  to  be  conclusive  evidence 
  thereof. 
10A. Exemption  from  liability  to  pay  income-tax  on daily  allowance  received  by  the  Chairman  and 
  certain perquisites received by an officer of Parliament. 
11. Power to make rules. 



#THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS OF PARLIAMENT ACT, 1953 

##ACT NO. 20 OF 1953 

[16th May, 1953.] 

An Act to provide for the salaries and allowances of certain officers of Parliament. 

  BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:— 

1. **Short title and commencement.**—(1) This  Act  may  be  called  the  Salaries  and  Allowances  of 
Officers of Parliament Act, 1953. 

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of May, 1953. 

2. **Definition.**—In this Act “officer of Parliament” means any of the following officers, namely, the 
Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council of States and the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the 
House of the People. 

3. **Salaries, etc., of officers of Parliament.**— (1) There  shall  be  paid  to  the  Chairman  of  the 
Council of States a salary of four lakh rupees per mensem.

(2) Each officer of Parliament, other than the Chairman of the Council of States, shall be entitled to 
receive a salary per mensem and an allowance for each day during the whole of his term as such officer at 
the  same  rates  as  are  specified  in  section  3  of  the  Salaries,  Allowances  and  Pension  of  Members  of 
Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954) with respect to members of Parliament. 

(3) Each officer of Parliament, other than the Chairman of the Council of States, shall be entitled to 
receive  a  constituency  allowance  at  the  same  rate  as  is  specified  under  section  8  of  the  said  Act  with 
respect to members of Parliament.

4. **Residence for officers of Parliament.**— (1) Each officer of Parliament shall be entitled without 
payment of rent to the use of a furnished residence throughout his term of office and for a period of one 
month immediately  thereafter,  and  no  charge  shall  fall  on  the  officer  personally  in  respect  of  the 
maintenance of such residence. 

(2) In the event of the death of an officer of Parliament, his family shall be entitled to the use of the 
furnished residence occupied by the officer of Parliament— 

  (a) for a period of one month immediately after his death, without payment of rent and no charge 
shall fall on the family of the officer of Parliament in respect of the maintenance of such residence, 
and 

  (b) for a further period of one month, on payment of rent at such rates as may be prescribed by 
rules  made  in  this  behalf  under  section  11  and  also  charges  in  respect  of  electricity  and  water 
consumed in that residence during such further period.

*Explanation.*—For the purposes of this section, “residence” includes the staff quarters and other 
buildings  appurtenant  thereto  and  the  garden  thereof,  and  “maintenance”  in  relation  to  a  residence 
includes the payment of local rates and taxes and the provision of electricity and water. 

5. **Sumptuary allowance.**—There shall be paid to 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:

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.

6. **Travelling and daily allowances to officers of Parliament.**—(1) Subject to any rules made in this 
behalf under section 11, an officer of Parliament shall be entitled to— 

  (a) travelling allowances for himself and the members of his family and for the transport of his 
and his family’s effects— 

     (i) in  respect  of  the  journey  to  Delhi  from  his  usual  place  of  residence  outside  Delhi  for 
assuming office, and 

     (ii) in  respect  of  the  journey  from  Delhi  to  his  usual  place  of  residence  outside  Delhi  on 
relinquishing office; and 

  (b) travelling and daily allowances in respect of tours undertaken by him in the discharge of his 
official duties, whether by sea, land or air. 

(1A) On and from the commencement of the Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament 
and Leaders of Opposition in Parliament (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 (56 of 2002), an officer of 
Parliament  and  his  family,  whether  travelling  together  or  separately,  shall  be  entitled  to  travelling 
allowance at the same rates and for the same number of return journeys as admissible to a Minister 
and his family under sub-section (1A) of section 6 of the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 
1952 (58 of 1952).

(2) Any travelling allowance under this section may be paid in cash or free official transport may be 
provided in lieu thereof. 

7. **Medical facilities to officers of Parliament.**—Subject  to  any  rules  made  in  this  behalf  under 
section  11,  an  officer  of  Parliament  and  the  members  of  his  family  shall  be  entitled  free  of  charge  to 
accommodation in hospitals maintained by the Government and also to medical treatment. 

7A. **Family pension, etc., to spouse of Speaker dying in office.**—(1) With  effect  from  the 
commencement of the Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 
(31 of 2002), there shall be paid a family pension, to the spouse of the Speaker of the House of the People 
who dies while holding such office at the rate of fifty per cent. of the salary last drawn by him for the 
remainder of life of such spouse from the date of death of the Speaker: 

  Provided  that  the  spouse  of  such  Speaker  shall  not  be  entitled  to  receive  pension  available  to  the 
spouse of any member of Parliament who dies during his term of office as such member for a period of 
five  years  from  the  date  of  death  of  the  member  under  sub-section  (1A)  of  section  8A  of  the  Salary, 
Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954). 

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 4 and subject to any 
rules  made  in  this  behalf  under  section  11,  such  spouse  shall  be  entitled  to  the  use  of  unfurnished 
residence without payment of licence fee for the remainder of her life. 

(3) Subject to any rules made in this behalf under section 11,— 

  (a) such spouse, for the remainder of her life; and 

  (b) the minor children of such Speaker, 

shall be entitled to medical attendance and treatment, free of charge.

8. **Advances to officers of Parliament for purchase of motor-cars.**—There may be  paid  to  any 
officer of Parliament by way of a repayable advance such sum of money as may be determined by  rules 
made  in  this  behalf  under  section  11  for  the  purchase  of  a  motor-car  in  order  that  he  may  be  able  to 
discharge conveniently and efficiently the duties of his office. 

9. **Officers of Parliament not to draw salary or allowances as Members of Parliament.**—No 
officer of Parliament in receipt of a salary or allowance under this Act shall be entitled to receive any sum 
out of funds provided by Parliament by way of salary or allowance in respect of his membership of either 
House of Parliament. 

10. **Notification respecting appointment, etc., of officers of Parliament to be conclusive evidence 
thereof.**—The  date  on  which  any  person  became  or  ceased  to  be  an  officer  of  Parliament  shall  be 
published in the Official Gazette and any such notification shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that he 
became, or ceased to be, an officer of Parliament on that date for all the purposes of this Act. 

10A. **Exemption from liability to pay income-tax on daily allowance received by the Chairman 
and certain perquisites received by an officer of Parliament.**—Notwithstanding anything contained in 
the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961),— 

  (a) in computing the total income of a previous year of the Chairman of the Council of States, any 
income by way of an allowance referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3 shall not be included; 

  (b) the  value  of  rent  free  furnished  residence  (including  maintenance  thereof)  provided  to  an 
officer of Parliament under sub-section (1) of section 4 shall not be included in the computation of his 
income  chargeable  under  the  head  “Salaries”  under  section  15  of  the  Income-tax  Act,  1961 
(43 of 1961).

11. **Power to make rules.**—(1) The Central Government may, in consultation with the Chairman and 
the Speaker, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 

(2) Every  rule  made  by  the  Central  Government  under  this  Act  shall  be  published  in  the  Official 
Gazette. 

(3) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it 
is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which 
may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the 
session  immediately  following  the  session  or  the  successive  sessions  aforesaid,  both  Houses  agree  in 
making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall 
thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that 
any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done 
under that rule.