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The Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers (Remuneration and Privileges) Act, 1973

( ACT NO. IV OF 1973 )

Allowance on taking up and laying down office
4. (1) A Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister shall be entitled to receive travelling expenses to the extent mentioned below for the journey from his ordinary place of residence to the seat of the Government on taking up office and from the seat of the Government to his ordinary place of residence on laying down office-
 
 
(a) the actual travelling expenses for himself and his family;
 
 
(b) the cost of transporting household effects, not exceeding 1[4,500 kilogram], by goods train, steamer or other craft, excluding aircraft, and his personal car, if any.

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    The figure, comma and word “4,500 kilogram” were substituted for the words “one hundred and twenty maunds” by section 4 of The Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers (Remuneration and Privileges) (Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. XIX of 2010) (With effect from 1st July, 2010).
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