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The Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) Order, 1973 (President's Order)

( PRESIDENT'S ORDER NO. 28 OF 1973 )

[ 4th April, 1973 ]

Period of residence on duty
5. (1) For each day during any period of residence on duty, a Member shall be entitled to receive a daily allowance at the rate of 1[ 2[seven hundred and fifty] taka] and a conveyance allowance at the rate of 3[ 4[seventy five] taka].
 
 
 
 
Explanation.- In this Article, “period of residence on duty” means the period during which a Member, for the purpose of attending a session of Parliament or a meeting of a Committee or for attending to any other business connected with his duties as Member, resides at the place, including his usual place of residence, where the session or the meeting is held or other business is transacted and includes,-
 
 
 
 
(a) in the case of a session of Parliament, a period of such residence, not exceeding three days, immediately preceding the commencement of the session and the period of such residence, not exceeding three days, immediately following the end of the session; and
 
 
 
 
(b) in the case of a sitting of a Committee or transaction of any other business, the period of such residence, not exceeding two days, immediately preceding the commencement of the business of the Committee or of the other business and the period of such residence, not exceeding two days, immediately following the conclusion of the business of the Committee or of the other business.
 
 
 
 
5[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (1), a Member shall be entitled to receive a daily allowance at the rate of 6[eight hundred] Taka and a conveyance allowance at the rate of 7[two hundred] Taka for each day he attends the sitting of Parliament or the meeting of Committee or any other official duties in Parliament and the allowances prescribed under this clause shall only be admissible where the presence of Member is supported by record.]
 
 
 
 
(2) If a Member arrives in the forenoon at the place of duty or departs from such place in the afternoon, he shall be entitled to draw daily allowance and conveyance allowance at the full rates for the day of arrival or the day of departure, as the case may be, and if he arrives at such place in the afternoon or departs therefrom in the forenoon, the daily allowance and the conveyance allowance drawn shall be at half such rate:
 
 
 
 
Provided that not more than one daily allowance and one conveyance allowance at the full rate shall be claimed in respect of any one day.
 
 
 
 
(3) Where the interval between the termination of one session of Parliament or, as the case may be, one sitting of a Committee and the commencement of another session or sitting at the same place does not exceed seven days and, during such interval, a Member,-
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) remains at such place, he shall be entitled to receive for each day of residence at such place a daily allowance and a conveyance allowance at the rate specified in clause (1);
 
 
 
 
(b) leaves such place for another place, he shall be entitled to receive travelling allowance under the provisions of Article 4 but such travelling allowance shall not exceed the total amount of daily allowance and conveyance allowance to which he would have been entitled had he not left the place.
 
8[(4) Where the interval between one sitting of a session and the commencement of another sitting of a session exceeds seven days and, during such interval, a Member leaves his residence on duty to usual place of residence, he shall be entitled to receive traveling allowance under the provisions of Article 4.]
  • 1
    The words “seventy-five taka” were substituted for the words “fifty takas” by section 2 of the Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. XXV of 1980)
  • 2
    The words “seven hundred and fifty” were substituted for the words “three hundred” by section 8 of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act No. XXIII of 2016) (With effect from 1st July, 2016).
  • 3
    The words “twenty-five taka” were substituted for the words “fifteen takas” by section 2 of the Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. XXV of 1980)
  • 4
    The words “seventy five” were substituted for the words “fifty” by section 10 (a) of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) (Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. XXI of 2010) (with effect from 1st July, 2010).
  • 5
    Clause (1A) was inserted by section 3 of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances)(Amendment) Act, 2000 (Act No. IV of 2000).
  • 6
    The words “eight hundred” were substituted for the words “four hundred” by section 10 (b) of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) (Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. XXI of 2010) (with effect from 1st July, 2010).
  • 7
    The words “two hundred” were substituted for the words “one hundred” by section 10 (b) of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) (Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. XXI of 2010) (with effect from 1st July, 2010).
  • 8
    Clause (4) was added by section 10 (c) of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) (Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. XXI of 2010) (with effect from 1st July, 2010).
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