The Gujarat Ministers Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960.

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    "title": "The Gujarat Ministers Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960.",
    "short_title": "The Gujarat Ministers Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960.",
    "act_number": "6",
    "act_year": 1960,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "1960-09-22",
    "description": "The Gujarat Ministers Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960.",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short title and commencement. 1",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Ministers' Salaries and\r\nAllowances Act, 1960.\r\n(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of May, 1960.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Definitions. 1(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) \"Maintenance\" in relation to a residence includes the payment of\r\nrates and taxes due to Government or any local authority and the provision of\r\nelectricity, gas and water;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Definitions. 1(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) \"Minister\" and \"Deputy Minister\" mean respectively a Minister and\r\na Deputy Minister of the Government of Gujarat, and 2\r\n[\"Minister\" includes—\r\n(i) The Chief Minister,\r\n(ii) The Deputy Chief Minister, and\r\n(iii) Minister of State];",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Definitions. 1(c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(c) \"Residence\" includes the staff quarters and other buildings\r\nappurtenant thereto, and the gardens thereof;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Definitions. 1(d)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "d) \"Rules\" and \"orders\" mean rules or orders respectively made under\r\nthis Act",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Salaries and dearness allowance of Ministers and Ministers of State.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "3. (1) There shall be paid to the Minister 25% more basic salary per\r\nmonth than the basic salary payable to a Member of the Assembly by virtue of\r\nthe provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Gujarat Legislative\r\nAssembly Members’ Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960.\r\n2\r\n[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), there\r\nshall be paid to the Minister 30 per cent less basic salary per month for a period\r\nof twelve months commencing from the 1st April, 2020.]\r\n(2) There shall be paid to the Minister during the whole of his term of\r\noffice per month the dearness allowance on the amount of the basic salary\r\nreferred to in sub-section (1) at such rate as is being paid to the employees of\r\nthe State Government from time to time.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "3A",
            "title": "Section 3A. Consolidated Allowance to Ministers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "3A. There shall be paid to each Minister during the whole of his term\r\nof office per month a sum of `\r\n4\r\n[20,000] as a consolidated allowance for all\r\nmatters not specifically provided for by or under the provisions of this Act",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "3B",
            "title": "Section 3B. [Deleted.] 2",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4. Residences of Ministers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) Each Minister shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use\r\nof a furnished residence 5\r\n[in Gandhinagar] throughout his term of office and for\r\na period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, or in lieu of such residence a\r\nhouse allowance at the rate of ` 250 per month. :\r\n(2) No charge shall fall on the Minister personally in respect of the\r\nmaintenance of any residence provided under this section.\r\n(3) The expenditure on furnishing the residence provided under this\r\nsection shall be on such scale as may be determined by rules or orders.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5. Conveyances for Ministers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) The State Government may, from time to time, for the use of the\r\nMinisters purchase and provide motor cars and other suitable conveyances\r\nupon such conditions as regards their maintenance and repairs as may be\r\ndetermined by rules or orders.\r\n6\r\n[(1A) Where, under sub-section (1), the State Government has\r\nprovided for the use of the Ministers motor cars or other conveyances, it shall\r\nalso provide to them, free of charge, the services of a driver for each such car\r\nor conveyance.]\r\n(2) There shall also be paid to each Minister a conveyance allowance\r\nat the rate of `\r\n7\r\n[7,000] per month.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6. Salaries and dearness allowance of Deputy Ministers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "6. (1) There shall be paid to the Deputy Minister 25% more basic\r\nsalary per month than the basic salary payable to a Member of the Assembly by\r\nvirtue of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Gujarat Legislative\r\nAssembly Members’ Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960.\r\n2\r\n[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), there\r\nshall be paid to the Deputy Minister 30 per cent. less basic salary per month for\r\na period of twelve months commencing from the 1st April, 2020.]\r\n(2) There shall be paid to the Deputy Minister during the whole of his\r\nterm of office per month the dearness allowance on the amount of the basic\r\nsalary referred to in sub-section (1) at such rate as is being paid to the\r\nemployees of the State Government from time to time.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "6A",
            "title": "Section 6A. Consolidated Allowance to Deputy Ministers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "6A. There shall be paid to each Deputy Minister during the whole of\r\nhis term of office per month a sum of `\r\n4\r\n[20,000] as a consolidated allowance\r\nfor all matters not specifically provided for by or under the provisions of this\r\nAct.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "6B",
            "title": "Section 6B. [Deleted.] 3",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7. Residences of Deputy Ministers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) Each Deputy Minister shall be entitled, without payment of rent,\r\nto the use of a furnished residence 5\r\n[in Gandhinagar] throughout his term of\r\noffice and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, or in lieu of such\r\nresidence a house allowance at the rate of ` 150 per month.\r\nResidences of\r\nDeputy\r\nMinisters.\r\n(2) No charge shall fall on the Deputy Minister personally in respect\r\nof the maintenance of any residence provided under this section.\r\n(3) The expenditure on furnishing the residence provided under this\r\nsection shall be on such scale as may be determined by rules or orders.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8. Conveyances for Deputy Ministers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) The State Government, may from time to time, for the use of the\r\nDeputy Ministers purchase and provide motor cars and other suitable\r\nconveyances, upon such conditions as regards their maintenance and repairs as\r\nmay be determined by rules or orders.\r\nConveyances\r\nfor Deputy\r\nMinisters.\r\n6\r\n[(1A) Where, under sub-section (1), the State Government has\r\nprovided for the use of the Deputy Ministers motor cars or other conveyances,\r\nit shall also provide to them, free of charge, the services of a driver for each\r\nsuch car or conveyance.]\r\n(2) There shall also be paid to each Deputy Minister a conveyance\r\nallowance at the rate of `\r\n7\r\n[7,000] per month.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "Section 9. Travelling   and   daily   allowances   and   residential accommodation",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The Ministers and Deputy Ministers shall be entitled to travelling\r\nand daily allowances while touring on public business and suitable residential\r\naccommodation at places visited by them on such business, at such rates and\r\nupon such conditions as may be determined by rules or orders.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "9A",
            "title": "Section 9A. Travelling allowances on assumption of office by Ministers and on",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "9A. Subject to any rules or orders made in this behalf by the State\r\nGovernment,-\r\n(a) a Minister and a Deputy Minister shall be entitled to travelling\r\nallowance for himself and the members of his family and for the transport of his\r\nand his family's effects in respect of the journey to Gandhinagar from his usual\r\nplace of residence outside Gandhinagar for assuming office;\r\n(b) a Minister or Deputy Minister and members of his family shall\r\nbe entitled to travelling allowance for himself or themselves and for the\r\ntransport of effects of the Minister, Deputy Minister or, as the case may be, his\r\nfamily in respect of the journey from Gandhinagar to his usual place of\r\nresidence outside Gandhinagar on the Minister or the Deputy Minister ceasing\r\nto hold his office.\r\nExplanation.- For the purposes of this section the expression \"a\r\nmember of the family\" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section\r\n10 and the \"family\" shall be construed accordingly\r\n9AA. Every Minister and Deputy Minister shall be provided with\r\nfacilities which shall entitle them at any time to travel by first class or by\r\nsecond class air conditioned by railway in any part of India in such manner and\r\nsubject to such conditions as may by rules or orders be prescribed in that\r\nbehalf:\r\nProvided that such travel by railway in any part of India outside the\r\nState of Gujarat may be availed of by a Minister or, as the case may be, a\r\nDeputy Minister singly or jointly with his spouse and two other members of\r\nhis family residing with and dependent on him, so however, that the total\r\ndistance so travelled by the Minister or, as the case may be, the Deputy\r\nMinister singly in any year does not exceed 10,000 kilometres and the total\r\ndistance so travelled jointly by the Minister or, as the case may be, the Deputy\r\nMinister and his spouse and two other members of his family residing with and\r\ndependent on him in any year does not exceed 20,000 kilometres.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "9B",
            "title": "Section 9B. Telephone facilities to Ministers. 5",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "9AB. Every Minister and the Deputy Minister may undertake or\r\nperform journey alongwith co-traveller by air from the nearest airport from his\r\nresidence to and fro in any part of India on three occassions in each year:\r\n1. Sections 9A and 9B were inserted by Guj. 18 of 1982, s.4.\r\n2. Sections 9AA and 9AB were inserted by Guj. 20 of 1998, s. 2, Sch., Sr. No. 3, item 7.\r\n1960 : Guj. VI] The Gujarat Minister’s Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960. 5\r\nProvided that difference between the fare for journey by air and the fare\r\nfor journey by railway by first class or by second class air conditioned,\r\nwhichever is higher, shall be borne by the Minister or, as the case may be, the\r\nDeputy Minister.]\r\n9B. (1) Every Minister and Deputy Minister shall during the term of his\r\noffice be entitled to have 1\r\n[telephone facilities] at Government cost at the place\r\nof residence at Gandhinagar.\r\nTelephone\r\nfacilities to\r\nMinisters.\r\n(2) No charge shall fall on the Minister and the Deputy Minister\r\npersonally in respect of installation of, initial deposit for, rental charges for\r\nmaintenance of, and calls made from, 2\r\n[telephone facilities provided] under\r\nsub-section (1)]",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 18
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "Section 10. [Deleted.] 5",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11. Sumptuary allowance to Chief Minister.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "11. There shall be placed at the disposal of the Chief Minister a sum of\r\n`\r\n3\r\n[1,50,000] per year as sumptuary allowance.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "Section 12. Ministers and Deputy Ministers not entitled to salaries and allowances",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\r\n12. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being\r\nin force determining the salaries and allowances of members of the State\r\nLegislature, a Minister or a Deputy Minister shall not be entitled to receive any\r\nsalary or allowances under such law, although he is a member of the Gujarat\r\nLegislative Assembly",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 21
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "Section 13. Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers not disqualified.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "13. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that a person shall\r\nnot be disqualified for being chosen as, or for being a member of the Gujarat\r\nLegislative Assembly merely by reason of the fact that he holds the 4\r\n[office of\r\na Minister of State or of a Deputy Minister ].",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 22
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "Section 14. Power of State Government to make rules and orders. 5",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "14. 6\r\n[(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official\r\nGazette, make rules or orders for carrying out the purposes of this Act.]\r\nPower of State\r\nGovernment to\r\nmake rules and\r\norders.\r\n(2) Any rule or order made under this section may be made so as\r\nto be retrospective to any date not earlier than the 1st May, 1960.\r\n(3) Rules or orders made under this section shall have effect as if\r\nenacted in this Act.\r\n1\r\n[(4) All rules and orders made under this section shall be laid for\r\nnot less than thirty days before the State Legislature as soon as possible after\r\nthey are made and shall be subject to rescission by the State Legislature or such\r\nmodifications as the State Legislature may make during the session in which\r\nthey are so laid, or the session immediately following.\r\n(5) Any rescission or modification so made by the State\r\nLegislature shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall thereupon take\r\neffect.]",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 23
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "Section 15. Repeal of Gujarat Ordinance No. VI of 1960. 6",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "15. The Gujarat Ministers' Salaries and Allowances Ordinance, 1960 is\r\nhereby repealed and the provisions of sections 7 and 25 of the Bombay\r\nGeneral Clauses Act, 1904 shall apply to such repeal as if that Ordinance were\r\nan enactment.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 24
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "19606",
        "Act Number": "6",
        "Enactment Date": "1960-09-22",
        "Act Year": "1960",
        "Short Title": "The Gujarat Ministers Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960.",
        "Department": "Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:48"
}