 bill no 10  of  2008 the  disruption  of  proceedings  of  parliament (disentitlement of daily allowance to members and termination of membership) bill, 2008 by shri l rajagopal, mp a billto provide for disentitlement of daily allowance to members for the day on which the  proceedings of a house of parliament of which they are members are adjourned         due to disruption caused by a member or a group of members and          termination of membership of a member or a group of members            who disrupts the proceedings of the house and for matters                               connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as  follows:—short title      1  this act may be called the disruption of proceedings of  parliament  (disentitlementof daily allowance to members and termination of membership) act, 2008definitions2  (1) in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:—5(i)  "house" means the council of states or the house of the people, as the casemay be; and(ii) "presiding officer" means the chairman of the council of states or thespeaker of the house of the people, as the case may be30 of 195410(2)  words and expressions used but not defined in this act and defined in the salary, allowances and pension of  members of  parliament act, 1954 shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in that act30 of 1954entitlement of daily allowance3  (1) notwithstanding anything contained in the salary, allowances andpension of members of parliament act, 1954, no member shall be entitled to receive daily allowance for a day  if proceedings of the house are disrupted by any member or a group of members, as the case may be, leading to its adjournment for a substantial part on that day5(2) where a house is adjourned for substantial part of the day under sub-section (1), the presiding officer shall, on the last day of the week following that day, inform the house of the date on which the house was so adjourned10identification and termination of membership4 (1) the presiding officer of a house may, if  he deems it necessary, identifya member or a group of members, who, individually or collectively, disregards the authority of the chair, or abuse the rules of the house by persistently and wilfully obstructing the proceedings of the house on second occasion in the same session and issue a warning to such member or a group of members15(2) if a member or a group of members so identified under sub-section (1),obstruct the proceedings of the house on third occasion during the same session, the house may resolve to terminate the membership of such member or a group of members, as the case may be, on a motion being moved in this behalf(3) the membership of a member or a group of members referred to in the motion shall stand terminated from the day of adoption of the motion by the house statement  of  objects  and  reasonsindia is the largest democracy in the world and members of parliament, being part of this system, have to play a pivotal role in enhancing the prestige of this institution by participating in the proceedings in a disciplined and dignified manner however, of late, it is being observed that the proceedings of both the houses of parliament are disrupted due to pandemonium and the houses have to be adjourned for substantial part of the day without transacting any business this not only results in loss of precious time of parliament and public money but also dents the image of parliament parliamentary democracy is based on the principle that the executive is accountable to the legislature and that one of the foremost duties of members of parliament is to exercise vigilant control over the actions of the executive through various parliamentary devices if the proceedings of either house are disrupted and parliament is not permitted to function and transact the listed business on account of pandemonium, the legislative scrutiny over the executive is diluted since debates on issues of public importance are withheldin view of this and in order to provide disincentive for disruptions in the parliament, it is proposed that no member shall be entitled to receive daily allowance for a day if proceedings of the house are disrupted by a member or a group of members leading to its adjournment for a substantial part of the day whenever a house is adjourned for substantial part of the day due to pandemonium created by members, the presiding officer shall inform the house of the date on which the house was so adjourned it is also proposed that if any member or a group of members is identified, disrupting the proceedings of the house, on three occasions in the same session, by the presiding officer, the membership of such member or a group of members shall be terminated on a motion moved and adopted to that effect in the housethe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;l rajagopaljuly 30, 2007 lok  sabha———— a billto provide for disentitlement of daily allowance to members for the day on which theproceedings of a house of parliament of which they are members are adjourneddue to disruption caused by a member or a group of members andtermination of membership of a member or a group of memberswho disrupts the proceedings of the house and formatters connected therewith————(shri l rajagopal, mp)mgipmrnd—158ls(s5)—8-02-2008