Chapter 6
THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (CONSTITUENCY ALLOWANCE) RULES,
1986
1G.S.R. 11(E)—The following rules which have been made by the
Joint Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Salary,
Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954), after
consultation with the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred
on it by clause (f) of sub-section (3) of the said section, and have been
approved and confirmed by the Chairman of the Council of States and the Speaker
of the House of the People, as required by sub-section (4) of that section, are
published for general information:—
THE
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (CONSTITUENCY ALLOWANCE)
RULES, 1986
(As amended upto
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Members of Parliament
(Constituency Allowance) Rules, 1986.
(2) They shall come into force on
the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Amount of Constituency allowance.—A member shall be entitled to receive the
constituency allowance under section 8 of the Salary, Allowances and Pension of
Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954), at the rate of rupees 2[twenty thousand per mensem].
3. Constituency allowance to be in addition to other allowances,
etc.—For the avoidance of
doubts, it is hereby declared that the constituency allowance admissible under
these rules shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other
allowances or facilities admissible (whether in cash or in kind) under any
other rules for the time being in force.
4. Repeal.—The
Members of Parliament (Additional Facilities) Rules, 1975 are hereby repealed.
[F. No. 2/1/MSA/85]
1 Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part
II, section 3, sub-section (i), dated
2 Substituted by G.S.R. 746(E), published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i), dated