 lok sabra corri gendum tosalary ai\ffi allovlances of leadersof oppositionin parliamentbill, 1977l:to bel as introduced in lok sabha 7page 2, line40,-for      "secre tariat                    tl                        read                               "secretarial                                              ii(§aka)_~ct   ,  the salary and allowances of leaders of opposition in parliament bill, 1971 a billto prooide for the salary and allowcuaces of leaders of opposition in parliament be it enacted by parliament in the twenty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the salary and allowances of ltladers of opposition in parliament act, 19'77 s (2) 1t shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the oftlc'ial gazette, appoint   short title and com-mencement z in this act, "leader of the opposition", in relation to either houte dejiditkid of parliament, means that member of the council of states or the ho~ of the people, as the case may be, who is, for the time being, the lade!: 10 in that house of the party in opposition to the government navin, ~e greatest numerical strength and recognised· as such by tlie chairman of the council of states or the speaker of the house of the people, as the case may be explanation-whei'e there are two or more parties in opposition to is the government,in the council of states or 'in the houle of the people having the same numerical strength, the chairman of the council 01' states or the speaker of the house of the people, as the case may be, shall, having regard to the status of the parties, recognise anyone of the leaders of such parties as the leader of the opposition for the purposes of this 20 section and such recognition shall be final and conclusive l lt;· ~~~jg- be paid to cla ~ 01 tire ~",:,,f sa,': two thousadcl, two h  dreci and 8ftv l'ii  "  l;,  1 ,' • ; i,;  of lea ' , den of '-j~ ll: ;)~:~ opposi_ tion residence for leaders of opposition 4 (1) each leader of the opposition shall, so long as 'he continues as such leader, and for a period of one month immediately thereafter, be entitled without payment of rent to the use of a furnished residence and no charge shall fa" on the leader of the opposition personally in respect of the maintenance of such residence s (2) in the event of the death of a leader of the opposition, his family shall be entitled to the use of the furnished residence occupied by him-(a) for a period of one month immediately after his death, without payment of rent and no charge shall fallon his family in respect of the maintenance of such residence, and 10 (b) for a further period of one month, on payment of rent at such rates as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf by the central government and also charges in respect 01 electricity and water consumed in that residence during such further period e~lanqjtion-for the purposes of this\fl8ction, "residence" includes the is ita, ,cuuuters and other buildings appurtenant thereto, and the garden t~· • d"maudenance" in relation to a residence includes the payment olloca1~fti_ -d taxe&aadi tjw prmwen of elecmcity and; water~  5 subject to ady 1'u'1es made in this behalf by the central govemment, a leader of the opposition shall be entitled to-20 (a) travelling allowances for himself add the members of his fajdii)'  aad) foil" the ~,of'bis and' his ',family!s etiets-travellint and dally allowances to leaders of opposition (i) in reaped of the journey ;~q delhi from his ua1l8l place of resideilce outside delhi for assuming office, and (ii) in respect of the journey from delhi to· his uaual plaec 2s of residence outside delhi on relinquishing, otii~; and (b) travel1m, and daily allowances in respeet of tou  vader taken by hbn in the discharge of his duties u leader ,ofda 0-, tion, whether by sea, 18nd' or air i!' 'sob,eet 110 any rules made in this behalf hy the cedtral go  , 30 - pftd8r of·tlie opposition iqld the members of his famil)- hall he ~ ~ free' ofeharee: to accommodation in hospitals maiqtaide4 b)' the·go  l'ii- ment -d· abo to medical treatment medimlr treatment, etc, to leaders or opposition 7 no leader of the opposition in receipt of a salary or allowance under thia aot shall be entitled; to receive any sum out of funds provided by 3s p~ by; w8yof salary 01'1 allowance in respect of his membersnlp of either hoql8 of, fariiameat leaders of opposi tion dot to draw salary or allowances •• members of parliament ameniaill· to~, ders of 8 ('~'8~·to·,·ruhs made in thjs behalf by the ceuualgov  ment, each lead,· efthe opposltton shall' be entitled to telephone and seeretariat facilities oppolil~ tion (2) 'subjeet,to any rules made 'in tbis behalf by the lceattal government, ch leader of the opposition shall be entlded' 'to ' c'obveyaace allow_dee of three hunched rupees ,per month ' • 'l"he date on whichaby pttrsonbecame or ·ceased to be 'a leader of 5 the opposition shall be published in the official gazette,eftd any such notification shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that he became, or ceased to be, a 'leader of the qilposition on that date for ill·the· purposes of this act nowlca_ tion respeetin, the date on which persons became or ceased to be leaden of opposi tion to be conclusive evidence thereof "1 (1) 'the central 'government may, by notifteatton 'br~ !offtcial 10 ghette, make rules' for carrying out the ,purposes of this aet power to make rui  "(2) in particular, and without prejudice to the generality' of the foregojaglpower, -such !j'ules ,may provide ·for all or anyof ·the ,fouwmig matters, namely:-is (4) the rates at ,which ·rent shall be ~yab1e by tbefamily of a deceased leader of the opposition to the use of the furnisbecl·r88idence occupied by him under clause (b) of sub-section (2) 01 sec-;uon 4; '(l;) ·the·travelling 'and :daily lallowances :admtnible':to 18 ileader --of ,the i opposition under :section 6; 20 (c) the medical treatment admissible to a leader of the opposition and the members ofhis family under <'section ,6; (8)  the telephone and  secretarial faculties admissible toa lebder of "the (!)pposltion and the 'conditions sub~t to 'wbleh :he 'shall be entitled to conveyance allowance under section 8 25 (3) every rule made under this section shall be laid as 500n as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in bession, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions afore-30 said, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not -be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment ahall be with· out prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule 3s 11 in the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament act, 1954,-amendment of act 30 of 19m (i) in clause (b) of section 2,-(4) in sub-clause (i), the word "and" at the end shall bt" omitted; (b) after sub-clause (ii), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:-"(iii) a leader of, the opposition as defined in the salary and allowances of leaders of opposition in parliament act, 1977;"; s (ii) in the ezplanatio,t to sub-section (1) of section 6, after the words and figures "the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952/', the words and figures "a leader of the opposition as defined in the salary and allowances of leaders of opposition in parliamont act, 1977," shall be inserted; 10 (iii) in sub-section (4) of section 8a,-(a) for the words "an oftlcer of parliament", the words "as an officer of parliament" shall be substituted; and (b) for the words ", or both''', the words and figures "or as a leader of the opposition as defined in the salary and allow- is ances of, leaders of opposition in parliament act, 1977, or has served in all or any two of such capacities" shall be substituted 12 in the parhament (prevention of disqualification) act, 1959, in section 3,-amendment of act 10 of 1959 (i) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, 20 namely:-"(00) the office of a leader of the opposition in parliament;"; (ii) the explan4tion at the end shall be numbered as ezplam-tion i, and after explanation 1 as so numbered, the following e:rplanation shall be inserted, namely:-25 'explanation 2-ln clause (aa), the expression "leader of the opposition" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the salary and allowm,ces of leaders of opposition in parliament act, 1977'  statement of objects and reasonsin a parliamentary democracy, the leader of the opposition has an important role to play in the united kingdom, australia and canada, the leader of the opposition has been accorded statutory recognition in india, a number of states have started giving facilities and amenities to the leaders of the opposition in the state legislative assemblies having regard to the important role of the leader of the opposition in a parliamentary democracy, it is considered that the leaders of opposition in the house of the people and the council of states should be accorded statutory recognition and given salai'y and cerbin other facilities and amenities to enable them to discharge their :t:unctions in parliament the bill mainly seeks to achieve the above objects 2 certain consequential amendments to the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament act, 1954 and the parliament (prevention of disqualification) act, 1959 are also being proposed in the bill new delhi; ra vindra varma the 4th august, 1977 clause 3 of the bill provides for the payment to each leader: of the opposition a salary of two  thousand, two hundred and fif~y rupees per month clause 4 provides for housing facilities to each leader of the opposition clauses 5 and 6 of the bill provide for travelling and daily allow-8dces  and medical treatment to each leader of the opposition under clause 8, each leader of the opposition shall be entitled to telephone and secretarial facilities as may be prescribed by rules claus~ 8 also provides for the payment of a conveyance allowance of three hundred rupees per ,month to each leader of the opposition 2 expenditure towards the payments, referred to above, cannot be esti-mated precisely however, the expenditure will, approximately, be two lakh rupees per annum 3 there will be no non-recurring expenditure  memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 10 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act sub-clause (2) of this clause enables the central government to make rules to provide for the rates at which rent shall ·be payable by the family of a deceased leader of the opposition to the use of the furnished residence occupied by him, the travelling and daily allowances, the medical treatment and the telephone and secretarial facilities admissible to a leader of the opposition 2 the matters in respect of which rules may be made are matters of procedure or detail the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character a bill to protnde for 'the salary and auowgnces of leaders of opposition in partigment (shri rat1if&dta verma, minister of partigment4ry af1oir •• ) , 