THE ASSAM GAZ ETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, DEC. 29, JS04 — (APPOINTMENT SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 2004

1704 THE ASSAM GAZ ETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, DEC. 29, JS04 AS SA M AC T NO . XX III OF 20 04 (R ec eive d the asse nt o f th e Gov erno r o n 27 th D ec em be r, 20 04 ) THE ASS AM PA RL IAMEN TA RY SE CR ET AR IE S (APPOINTMENT SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 2004 AN ACT to provide f or the appointme nt, salary, allowances and oth er miscellan eou s prov isions of the Parliam entary Secretaries in the State o f Assam, Prea mble Whe reas it is expedient to prov ide for th e appointm ent sala ry, allowanc es and other misce llaneo us provisions o f the Parliamentary Secretaries in the S tate o f Assam; It is hereby en acte d in the fifty fifth year of the Republic o f India as follows: Short title, 1 .(1) T his A ct may be ca lled the Assam Parliamen tary Sec retarie s (Ap pointm ent, Salaries, extent and Allowanc es and Miscellan eou s Provision s) Act, 2004 commencement. It extends to the whole of Assam. (3 ) It shall com e into force at once. Definition ' n ^ * s ^ c t u n ' e s s c o n t e x l oth erwise require (a) ‘Ch ief Mini ste r’ means the Ch ief Minister of Assam; (b) ‘Mem ber’ means a M emb er of the Assam Leg islative A ssem bly; (c) 'Parliam entary S ecr etary' mean s a Mem ber of the Ass am Leg isla tive Assembly app ointed as th e Parliam entary Secretary under this A ct by the C hief Minister; (d) ‘presc ribed’ means p rescribed by the rules made u nde r th is Act; and (e) 'sp ecif ie d' m ea ns sp ec ifie d by notifica tion publishe d in th e Offi cial Gazette o f the S tate o f Assam. Appointment o f 3. The Ch ief Minister may, having regard . to the circumstances Parliam entary and the need o f the situation, at any tim e appoint such num ber o f Parlia men tary Secretaries Secretary. a n d t 0 e a c jj o p ([ i e m t)u ) u t j e s a n ( j fu fu n c t j o n s a s h e m ay deem fit an d pr op el IE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, DEC. 29, 2004 1705 Rank, status, 4. A Parliamentary Secretary shall be of the rank and status of powers and a Minister of State and shall exercise such powers, disc harge such functions and perform functions of m a v assigned to him by the Ch ief Minister by way of a notification Secretary 11 1 published in the Official Gazette. Functions and The functions and duties of Parliamentary Secretary shall be such as may be specified. duties o f Parliamentary Secretary. Oa th of offic e 6 p a r | j a m c n t a r y Secretary shall, before entering upon his office, take an oath of office and secrecy. and secrecy in such manner as may be prescribed. Salary and Parliam entary Secretary shall be entitled to such salary and allowances as are allowances of admissible to a Minister of State under the Assam Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Parliamentary Ministers Sala ries and Allowa nces Act, 1958. St Secretary. Par liam entary S -y Secretary not to 8. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the tim e being in force a draw salary and Parliam ent ary S ecr etary shall not, while he draws salary and a llowances for his o ffice as such allowances as Parliamentary' Secretary, be entitled to any salary or allowance as a Membe r of the Assam Member allowanc Member Legislative As sembly.

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