THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020
NO. 18 OF 2020
[23rd September, 2020.]
An Act further to amend the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Act, 2020.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 9th April, 2020.
2. In the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952, section 5 shall be numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and after sub-section (1) as so numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—
"(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the sumptuary allowance payable to each Minister under that sub-section shall be reduced by thirty per cent. for a period of one year commencing from the 1st April, 2020, to meet the exigencies arising out of Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic.".
3. (1) The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act. |
