Maharashtra act 007 of 1978 : The LEADRES OF OPPOSITION IN MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES ACT, 1978

11 Apr 1978
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GOVERNMENT

OF MAHARASHTRA

_

'LAW AND

JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT

THE

LEADERS

OF

OPPOSITION IN.

_

MAHARASHTRA

LEGISLATURE

SAL = -_

AND ALLOWANCES:

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2.

De fi ni ti on s.

3.

Sa la ry of Le ad er s

of

O

pp os it io n.

4,

Re si de nc e

of

L

ea de rs of

O

pp os it io n.

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al lo wa nc e

to Le ad er s

of

O

pp os it io n.

5.

Co nv ey an ce s

fo r

Le ad er s

of

O

pp os it io n.

6.

Tr av el li ng an d

da il y

al lo wa nc es an d

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ac co mm od at io n

at pl ac es ot he r th an he

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by ra il wa y

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assent of the Governor on

the

11th

April

1978

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first

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IV,

on

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1978,

Part

V,

Extra p.

46.

* This indicates the

date

of commencement of Act.

So

3

Mah.

48

of

1981,

except sections

5,

7

and

9

c a m e into force on

the

Ist

April

1981.

Sections

5,

7

and

9

c a m e into force on

the

date of publication of the

Act

in

the

Official

Gazette,

i.e.

on

the

18th

September

1981.

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date

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of Act.

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72

of

1981,

except sections

3

and

9

c a m e into force on

the

1st

April

1981,

the

sections

3

and

9

came into force on

the

date of publication of the

Act

in

the

Official

Gazette,

i.e.

29th

December

1981.

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of

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except sections

1

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came into force on

the

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1985,

sections

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2

came into force on

the

date of publication of the

Act

in

the

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Gazette,

i.e.

28th

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June

1990

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Le ad er s

of

O

pp os it io n

in Ma ha ra sh tr a

Le gi sl at ur e

Sa la ri es an d

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l l o w a n c e s Ac t,

19

78

.

An Ac t

to pr ov id e

fo r

sa la ri es an d

al lo wa nc es of Le ad er s

of Op po si ti on in

M

a h a r a s h t r a St at e

Le gi sl at ur e.

W

H

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A

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it is ex pe di en t

to pr ov id e

fo r

de te rm in at io n

of th e sa

la

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d

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lo

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es

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an d

co mm en ce me nt

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(1

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ma y

be ca ll ed th e Le

ad

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s

of

Op

po

si

ti

on

in

Ma

ha

ra

sh

tr

a

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78

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2.

De fi ni ti on .— In th is Ac

t,

"L ea de r

of th e Op

po

si

ti

on

"

in re la ti on to eith er Ho

us

e

of

t

he

St

at

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Le

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me

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un

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me

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g th e Le

ad

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us

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t

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pa

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y

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th e

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ve

rn

me

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th e

gr

ea

test

nu

me

ri

ca

l st re ngth

an

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ed

as

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ch

by

th e

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ea

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of

t

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se

mb

ly

or

th e

Ch

ai

rm

an

of

t

he

Co

un

ci

l,

as

th e

ca

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ma

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be

.

Ex pl an at io n. —

Wh er e th er e

ar

e

tw

o

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mo

re

pa

rt

ie

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in

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to

th e

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th e

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in

th e

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me

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ea

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of

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se

mb

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sh al l, ha vi ng re gard to

th e st at us

of

t

he

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s,

re

co

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is

e

an

y

on

e

of

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he

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ad

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s

of

s

uc

h

pa

rt

ie

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as

th e

Le

ad

er

of

t

he

Op

po

si

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fo

r th e

pu

rp

os

es

of

th is

Ac

t

an

d

su

ch

re

co

gn

it

io

n

sh

al

l

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fi

na

l

an

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ve

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13

.

Sa la ry of

L

ea de rs of Op po si ti on .— Sa ve as ot he rw is e

pr ov id ed in th is Ac

t,

th er e

sh

al

l

be

pa

id

to

th e ea

ch

Le

ad

er

of

Op

po

si

ti

on

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rm

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ce

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la

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ar

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rn

me

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as re vi se d, fr om ti me to ti me

.]

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3

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e

4,

Re si de nc e

of

L

ea de rs of Op po si ti on .—

(1

)

Ea ch Le ad er of t

he Op po si ti on sh al l, so lo ng as he co nt in ue s

as su ch Le ad er an d

fo r a pe

ri

od

of

f

if

te

en

da

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im

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el

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a

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al lo wa nc e

an d

ot he r

su m

ar e

pa ya bl e

un de r

su b- se ct io n

(1

)

to a

Le ad er of th e Op

po

si

ti

on

, th en

,

sa ve as ot he rw is e

pr ov id ed by or un de r th is Ac

t,

th e

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al

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in

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ad

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th e Op

po

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ti

on

sh

al

l

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be

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ti

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ed

to

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y

pa

ym

en

t

fo

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ti

on

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te

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n

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n

a

n

c

e

,

re pa ir s

or fo r

do in g

an yt hi ng w

h

a

t

s

o

e

v

e

r

in re sp ec t

of hi s

pl ac e

of r

es id en ce

.]

61

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al lo wa nc e

to Le ad er s

of

O

pp os it io n. Th er e

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sp

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al

of

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ad

er

of

Op

po

si

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on

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Leaders of Opposition in

Maharashtra Legislature Salaries

and

3

Allowances Act,

1978.

5.

Conveyances for

Leaders

of

Opposition.—

(1)

The State Government may

from

time

to

time

for

the

use

of each Leader

of

the

Opposition, purchase and

provide

a

motor

car

and

other

suitable conveyances upon

such

conditions as

regards

its

m

a

i

n

t

e

n

a

n

c

e

and

repairs

as

m

a

y

be

determined by

rules

or

orders

made

in

this

behalf.

The

State

Government may

also

provide

free

of

charge

the

services of a

chauffeur for

the

car

or

conveyance so

provided. dk

:

ok Be Pe

6.

Travelling and

daily

allowances and

residential accommodation at

places

other

than

headquarters.— Subject

to

any

rules

or

orders

made

in

this

behalf

by

the

State

Government, each

Leader

of the

Opposition shall

be

entitled

to—

(a)

travelling allowance

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

B

o m b a y from his usual place of

residence outside

B

o m b a y for assuming office ; and

(ii)

in

respect of

the

journey from

B

o m b a y to his usual place of

residence outside

B

o m b a y on relinquishing office

; and

(6)

travelling and

daily

allowances in

respect of

tours

undertaken by

him

in

the

discharge of his

duties

as

the

Leader

of the

Opposition, and

suitable residential accommodation at

places

visited

by

him

on

such

tours.

Explanation.— The

expression

"Bombay"

includes any

other

place

appointed by

the

State

Government for

the

purposes of this section.

"[7. Free transit by

railway and

steamer.— (1)Each Leader

of

the

Opposition shall

°*

*

*

*

be

provided with

facilities, which

shall

entitle

him

at

any

time

to

travel

singly

by

"[first class or,

as

the

case

may

be,

by

air-conditioned two-tier]

by

any

railway

in

any

part

of

India,

or

by

steamer

in

any

part

of

the

State

of

Maharashtra in

such

manner,

and

subject

to

such

conditions, as

may

by

rules

or

orders

be

prescribed

in

that

behalf :

Provided

that

such

travel

by

railway,

in

any

part

of

India

whether

within

the

State

or

outside

the

State,

may

be

availed

of by

the

Leader

of the

Opposition, either

singly

or jointly

with

his

spouse

or

with

his

minor

children

or jointly

with

his

spouse

and

minor

children

*[or

companion]

so,

however,

that

the

distance

so

travelled

by

him

outside

the

State,

and

by

the

m

e

m

b

e

r

s

of

his

family

'for

companion], whether

within

or

outside

the

State

in

any

financial

year

does

not

in

the

aggregate

exceed

'[fifty

thousand

kilometres]. Explanation.—For the

purpose

of

calculating

the

m

a

x

i

m

u

m

limit

or

*ififty

thousand

kilometres]

for

travelling,

the

number

of

kilometres

travelled

by

the

Leader

of

the

Opposition

outside

the

State,

and

the

number

of

kilometres

travelled

by

the

m

e

m

b

e

r

s

of

his

family

for

companion]

from

the

place

of their

residence,

whether

within

or

outside

the

State,

shall

be

counted

separately.

(2)(a)

Notwithstanding anything

contained

in

this

Act,

where

a Leader

of the

Opposition,

either

singly

or

jointly

with

his

spouse

or

with

his

minor

children

or

jointly

with

his

spouse

and

minor

'

Sub-section

(2)

was deemed to

have

been

deleted w.ef. the

24th

August

2016

by

Mah.

17

of 2017, s.

10.

?

Section

7

was substituted by

Mah.

72

of

1981,

s.

6.

3

The words, figures and

letters

" with effect from

the

Ist

day

of April, 1981,"

were

deleted by

Mah. 6

of

1991,

s.

3

(ai). ' These words were

substituted for

the

words

" first class

" ibid, s.

3(a)(ii).

5 These words were

inserted by

Mah.

8

of 2001, s.

7(a).

®

These

words

were

inserted by

Mah.

8

of

2001,

s.

7(a). *

These words were deemed to

have

been

substituted w.ef.

the

Ist

April

2010

for the words

"thirty thousand kilometres

" by Mah.

32

of 2010, s.

24.

®

These words were deemed to

have

been

substituted w.e.f.

the

Ist

April

2010

for the words

"thirty thousand kilometres

" by Mah.

32

of

2010,

s.

24.

°

These words were inserted by

Mah.

8

of

2001,

s.

7(a).

8,

4

Le ad er s

of

O

pp os it io n

in Ma ha ra sh tr a

Le gi sl at ur e

Sa la ri es an d

[1

97

8

:

Ma h.

VI

II

Al lo wa nc es Ac t,

19

78

.

ch il dr en '[o r

co

mp

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un

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,

wh et he r

with in or

ou

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id

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at

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inst ea d

of

by

ra

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wa

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as

pr

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id

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in

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sh

al

l

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ti

tl

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,

su bj ec t

to th e m

a

x

i

m

u

m

li

mi

t

or

*[

fi

ft

y th ou sand

ki

lo

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tr

es

]

fo r

tr av el li ng

,

to cl ai m

tr av el li ng al lo wa nc e

as if he or both or

al

l

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t

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m,

as

th e ca

se

ma

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be

,

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un de rt ak en th e *[

jo

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ai

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jo

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by

ai

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an

d th e fa

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'j

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rn

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by

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by

ra

il

wa

y]

wi

ll

ha

ve

to

be

bo

rn

e

by

th e

Le

ad

er

of

th e

Op

po

si

ti

on

.

(6

)

Wh er e th e Le

ad

er

of

t

he

Op

po

si

ti

on

,

eith er si

ng

ly

or

j

oi

nt

ly

with th e m

e

m

b

e

r

s

of

h

is

fa

mi

ly

*[

or

co

mp

an

io

n]

as

af

or

es

ai

d

un

de

rt

ak

es

a

jo

ur

ne

y

by

st ea

me

r

or

ro

ad

tr

an

sp

or

t,

in

an

y

pa

rt

of

Ind ia

ou

ts

id

e th e

St

at

e,

he

sh

al

l

be

en

ti

tl

ed

,

su bj ec t

to th e m

a

x

i

m

u

m

li

mi

t

of

*[

fi

ft

y th ou sand

ki

lo

me

tr

es

]

fo r

tr av el li ng

,

to cl ai m th e fa

re

fo

r

jo

ur

ne

y

by

st ea me

r

or

ro

ad

tr

an

sp

or

t

if

it

is

le

ss

th an th e

fa

re

fo

r

"G ou rn ey by ai r- cond it io

ne

d

tw

o-

ti

er

by

ra

il

wa

y]

fo

r th e sa

me

dist an ce

or

,

if th e fa

re

fo

r

jo

ur

ne

y

by

st ea me

r

or

ro

ad

tr

an

sp

or

t

is

mo

re

th an th e

fa

re

fo

r

*[

jo

ur

ne

y

by

ai

r-

cond it io

ne

d

tw

o-

ti

er

by

ra

il

wa

y]

fo

r th e sa

me

dist an ce

to

cl

ai

m th e fa

re

fo

r

*[

jo

ur

ne

y

by

ai

r-

cond it io

ne

d

tw

o-

ti

er

by

ra

il

wa

y]

fo

r th e dist an ce

,

an d

he sh al l

ha ve to be ar th e di

ff

er

en

ce

be

tw

ee

n th e tw

o

fa

re

s.

(3

)

In th is se

ct

io

n,

wh

er

e

fa

ci

li

ti

es

ar

e

gi

ve

n

to

a

Le

ad

er

of

t

he

Op

po

si

ti

on

to

tr

av

el

jo

in

tl

y

with th e sp

ou

se

(w

it

h

or

with ou t

mi

no

r

ch

il

dr

en

[o

r

co

mp

an

io

n]

),

th en in

th e ca

se

of

a

la

dy

Le

ad

er

of

Op

po

si

ti

on

,

sh e

sh al l

be en ti tl ed to ha ve th es e

fa

ci

li

ti

es

to

tr

av

el

,

fr om ti me to ti me

,

jo in tl y

with he

r

sp

ou

se

or

inst ea d,

with

an

y

ot

he

r

m

e

m

b

e

r

of

h

er

fa

mi

ly

as

de

fi

ne

d

in

th e

Ex

pl

an

at

io

n

to

se

ct

io

n

8.]

8.

Me di ca l

at tend an ce

.—

Su

bj

ec

t

to

an

y

ru

le

s

or

or

de

rs

ma

de

by

th e

St

at

e

Go

ve

rn

me

nt

,

a Le ad er of th e Op

po

si

ti

on

an

d th e me

mb

er

s

of

hi

s

fa

mi

ly

wh

o

ar

e

re

si

di

ng

with

an

d

de

pend an t

on

hi

m,

sh

al

l

be

en

ti

tl

ed

,

fr ee of ch ar ge

,

to a

c

c

o

m

m

o

d

a

t

i

o

n

in ho sp it al s

m

a

i

n

t

a

i

n

e

d

by th e St

at

e

Go

ve

rn

me

nt

an

d

to

me

di

ca

l

at

tend an ce

an

d

tr

ea

tm

en

t.

Ex

pl

an

at

io

n.

—F

or

th e

pu

rp

os

es

of

t

hi

s

se

ct

io

n,

th e

ex

pr

es

si

on

"

a m e m b e r of t

he fa mi ly

"

me an s th e hu

sb

an

d,

wi

fe

,

so n, da ug ht er

,

fath er

,

moth er

,

br ot he r

or sist er

.

9.

Te le ph on e

fa ci li ti es .—

(1

)

Ea ch Le ad er of th e Op

po

si

ti

on

sh

al

l

du

ri

ng

th e te

rm

of

hi

s

of

fi

ce

be

en

ti

tl

ed

to

ha

ve

a

te

le

ph

on

e

inst al le

d

at

Go

ve

rn

me

nt

cost

at

th e

pl

ac

e

of

r

es

id

en

ce

or

at

an

y

pl

ac

e

in

hi

s

co

ns

ti

tu

en

cy

se

le

ct

ed

by

hi

m,

be

in

g

a

pl

ac

e

ot

he

r th an th e

pl

ac

e

of

r

es

id

en

ce

pr

ov

id

ed

un

de

r th is Ac

t,

by

th e

St

at

e

Go

ve

rn

me

nt

.

(2

)

No ch ar ge sh al l

fa ll on th e Le

ad

er

of

t

he

Op

po

si

ti

on

pe

rs

on

al

ly

in

re

sp

ec

t

of

i

ns

ta

ll

at

io

n

of, in

it

ia

l

de

po

si

t

fo

r,

re

nt

al

ch

ar

ge

s

fo

r

ma

in

te

na

nc

e

of

,

an d

of fi ci al ca ll s

ma de fr om , th e te

le

ph

on

e

inst al le

d

un

de

r

su

b-

se

ct

io

n

(1

).

(3

)

Th er e

sh al l

al so be pa id to ea ch Le ad er of th e Op

po

si

ti

on

a

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6

1978

: Mah.

VII]

Leaders of Opposition in

Maharashtra Legislature Salaries

and

5

Allowances Act,

1978.

*[(4) Where a

Leader of

the

Opposition has

a

telephone installed at

any

place

referred to

in

sub-section

(1)

at

his own cost, t

h

e

n

(a)

the

rental charges in

respect of such telephone shall

be

borne

by

the

State

Government ; and

there

shall

be

paid

to

him

a

sum

of *[Rs.

12,000]

per

month in

respect of such telephone ;

(6)

the charges in

respect of official calls

made

from

such

telephone shall

also

be

borne

by

the

State

Government if

he

resides

at

such

place

as

a

residence and

a

separate telephone is

not

provided to

him

by

or

under

the

provisions of this

Act

by

the

State

Government].

10.

Secretarial facilities. There

shall

be

placed

at

the

disposal of

each

Leader

of

the

Opposition such

staff

as

may

be

determined by

rules

or

orders

made

in

that

behalf.

*[10A.

Facility of a personal assistant

"[land a computer assistant]. —

°{ (1)

Each

Leader

of the

Opposition shall

be

entitled, free

of charge, to

the

services of a

personal assistant. For

this

purpose, each

Leader

of

Opposition may

appoint

any

person,

possessing such

qualifications as

may

be

prescribed by

rules

or

orders

made

under

section

13,

as

his personal assistant. Subject to

such

rules

or

orders

as

may

be

made

in

this

behalf, the

assistant so

appointed shall

receive a

fixed

salary

of

®[Rs.

25,000]

per

month from

the

State Government]].

"[(2) There shall be

paid to

each Leader of Opposition a sum

of Rs.

10,000

per

month for

availing the

services of computer operator.]

11.

Leaders of

Opposition not

to

draw

salary

and

allowances, etc.,

as

members

of

State

Legislature.— Notwithstanding anything

contained

in

any

law

for

the

time

being

in

force,

determining the

salaries

and

allowances

of

the

members

of

the

State

Legislature a

Leader

of

the

Opposition

shall

not

be

entitled

to

receive

any

salary

or

allowances

or

other

facilities

under

such

law

although

he

is

m

e

m

b

e

r

of the

Assembly

or

the

Council,

as

the

case

may

be.

12.

Leaders of Opposition not

disqualified.— For

the

avoidence

of

doubt,

it

is

hereby

declared

that

a

person

shall

not

be

disqualified for

being

chosen

as,

or

for

being,

a

m

e

m

b

e

r

of

the

State

Legislative Assembly

or

the

State

Legislative Council

merely

by

reason

of the

fact

that

he

holds

the

office

of a

Leader

of the

Opposition.

13.

Powers of State Government to

make

rules

and

orders.—

(1)

Without prejudice to

any

power

to

make

rules

or

orders

contained elsewhere in

this

Act,

the

State

Government may

make

any

rules

or

orders

for

carrying out

the

purposes of this Act.

(2)

Any rule or

order under this Act

may

be

made so

as

to

be

retrospective to

any

date

not

earlier

than

the

date

of c

o

m

m

e

n

c

e

m

e

n

t

of this

Act.

(3)

All rules or

orders m

a

d

e

under this

Act

shall have

effect as

if enacted in

the

Act.

14.

[

A

m e n d m e n t of Bom.

XLIX

of

1956]

A

m e n d m e n t s have been incorporated in

the

Principal Act.

1

Sub-section

(4)

was subsituted by

Mah.

4

of

1989,

s.

11.

*

These letters and

figures were

deemed to

have

been

substituted w.e.f.

the

Ist

April

2010

for the letters and

figures

" Rs.

6,000

" by Mah.

32

of 2010, s.

25(b).

3

Section

10A

was ingerted by

Mah.

4 8 of 1981, s. 9. * These words were added by Mah. 32 of 2016, s. 16(c). 5 Section 10A was re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Mah. 32 of 2016, s. 16(a). ° These letters and figures were substituted for the letters and figures " Rs, 25,000" by Mah. 32 of 2016, s. 16(a). " Sub-section (2) was inserted by Mah. 32 of 2016, s. G o v e r n m e n t Central Press, M u m b a i