THE PUNJAB REVISION OF SALARIES OF PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES ACT 2024

(Act XVI of 2024)

C O N T E N T S

 

Section                                            Heading

 

           1.      Short title and commencement

           2.      Amendment of Act XVI of 1974.

           3.      Amendment of Act XLI of 1975.

           4.      Amendment of Act XLII of 1975.

           5.      Amendment of Act XLIII of 1975.

           6.      Amendment of Ordinance LXXI of 2002.

           7.      Amendment of Act LXXVI of 2002.

           8.      Amendment of Act LXXVII of 2002.

 

 

[1]THE PUNJAB REVISION OF SALARIES OF PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES ACT 2024

 

(ACT XVI OF 2024)

 

[20th December 2024]

An Act further to revise the salaries of the holders of public representative offices of Province of the Punjab.

It is necessary further to revise the salaries of holders of public representative offices of Province of the Punjab for the purposes hereinafter appearing.

Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows:

1.         Short title and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives Act 2024.

(2)        It shall come into force at once.

 

2.         Amendment of Act XVI of 1974.– In the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) Act 1974 (XVI of 1974), in section 3:

(a)                in sub-section (1), for the words “seventy six”, the words “four hundred” shall be substituted;

(b)               for sub-section (4), the following shall be substituted:

“(4) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, increase the salary mentioned in subsection (1).”; and

(c)                Explanation existing at the end shall be omitted.

 

3.         Amendment of Act XLI of 1975.– In the Punjab Ministers (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975 (XLI of 1975), in section 3:

(a)                 in sub-section (1), for the words “one hundred thousand”, the words “nine hundred and sixty thousand” shall be substituted;

(b)                for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted:

“(2) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, increase the salary mentioned in subsection (1).”; and

(c)                 Explanation existing at the end shall be omitted.

 

4.         Amendment of Act XLII of 1975.– In the Punjab Provincial Assembly Speaker (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975 (XLII of 1975), in section 3:

(a)                in sub-section (1), for the words “one hundred and twenty five”, the words “nine hundred and fifty” shall be substituted;

(b)               for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted:

“(2) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, increase the salary mentioned in subsection (1).”; and

(c)                Explanation existing at the end shall be omitted.

 

5.         Amendment of Act XLIII of 1975.– In the Punjab Provincial Assembly Deputy Speaker (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975 (XLIII of 1975), in section 3:

(a)                in sub-section (1), for the words “one hundred and twenty”, the words “seven hundred and seventy-five” shall be substituted;

(b)               for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted:

“(2) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, increase the salary mentioned in subsection (1).”; and

(c)                Explanation existing at the end shall be omitted.

 

6.         Amendment of Ordinance LXXI of 2002.– In the Punjab Parliamentary Secretaries (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Ordinance, 2002 (LXXI of 2002), in section 4:

(a)                in sub-section (1), for the words “eighty three”, the words

“four hundred and fifty-one” shall be substituted;

(b)               for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted:

“(2) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, increase the salary mentioned in subsection (1).”; and

(c)                Explanation existing at the end shall be omitted.

 

7.         Amendment of Act LXXVI of 2002.– In the Punjab Special Assistants (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Ordinance, 2002 (LXXVI of 2002), in section 4:

(a)                in sub-section (1), for the word “one hundred”, the words “six hundred and sixty-five” shall be substituted;

(b)               for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted:

“(2) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, increase the salary mentioned in subsection (1).”; and

(c)                Explanation existing at the end shall be omitted.

 

8.         Amendment of Act LXXVII of 2002.– In the Punjab Advisors (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Ordinance, 2002 (LXXVII of 2002), in section 4:

(a)                in sub-section (1), for the word “one hundred”, the words “six hundred and sixty-five” shall be substituted;

(b)               for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted:

“(2) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, increase the salary mentioned in subsection (1).”; and

(c)                Explanation existing at the end shall be omitted.


[1]This Act was passed by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 16 December 2024; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 19 December 2024; and was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20 December 2024, pages 1835-36.