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Repeal and saving.— (1) The Goa Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of the Legislative Assembly Act, 1964 (Act 2 of 1965) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal,—(a) anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken including any rule, notification, scheme, order or notice made or issued or any appointment, confirmation or declaration made or any licence, permission, authorization or exemption or loan or advance granted or any document or instrument executed or any direction given under the repealed Act shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act; (b) all rules or any schemes framed under the repealed Act shall, to the extent permissible and expedient, continue to be in force till the necessary rules or schemes, as the case may be, are framed under the provisions of this Act. SCHEDULE (See Section 25) Procedural provisions.— (1) Every member shall, as soon as possible after he is elected or nominated, declare his usual place of residence to the Controlling Officer and any subsequent change in the usual place of residence so declared shall be notified to the Controlling Officer in Form „A‟ appended to this Schedule. (2) A member who claims any travelling or other allowance under this Act shall support his claim by a certificate in the following form, namely:— “Certified that no travelling allowance in respect of the journey or daily allowance for the period mentioned in this bill has been or will be claimed from any other official source”. (3) Where no part of the journey is performed by a conveyance provided at the expense of the Government or a Local Fund, the following certificate shall be furnished, namely:— “Certified that I have not performed any part of the journey by a conveyance provided at the expenses of the Government or a Local Fund”. (4) After completing each final return journey on termination of a session of the Assembly or a sitting of a committee or any other business connected with duties as a member, a member shall furnish a certificate in Form „B‟ appended to this Schedule. (5) Ordinarily, any non-governmental dues outstanding against a member shall not be recovered from his salaries and allowances but where such dues are on account of certain services rendered to him in the course of his duties as a member, such as, when he is on tour with a committee, and the arrangements for such services have been made by or at the instance of semi-Government institutions or private parties at the request of officers of the Assembly, and where such member, inspite of repeated requests, had failed to make payment of such dues, recovery thereof may be effected from the salary or travelling or daily allowance bills of such member. ________ FORM ‘A’ I have changed my usual place of residence from ………….……………. to ………….……….. with effect from ……………………….……..…… due to ………….………..……………………(here state the reasons). I may henceforward be allowed travelling allowances from ………………..…………………... (Signature)…………..……...………………. (Constituency) …………..………...……….. (Date) ………………….……………...……. FORM ‘B’ Departure and Return Journey Certificate (The Certificates may kindly be filled in, signed and returned to the Secretary, Legislative Assembly, as soon as possible after the completion of the return journey). (1) Certified that I performed the return journey under section 14 of the Goa Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of the Legislative Assembly Act, 2004, leaving ……..…… (place) on the ……………. (Date) I arrived at ……………… (Place) on the …………….. (Date). (2) Certified that I have not performed any part of journey (other than the railway journey) by a conveyance provided at the expense of the Government or a Local Fund. (3) Certified that I actually travelled by air from ……………… (Place) to ……….…… (Place) by day/night service. Payment of the Supplementary bill is required at (station). Station …………….…….. Dated …………….……… …………………………… Member of the Legislative Assembly Constituency ……………………… Secretariat Annexe, L. S. SHETYE, Panaji-Goa. Secretary to the Govt. of Goa, Law Department (Legal Affairs). Dated: 1st September, 2004. 1 Substituted vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012 2 Substituted in place of words “seven hundred and fifty rupees” by the Amendment Act 23 of 2009.thereafter Rs.2000/- vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012 3 Inserted vide Amendment Act 12 of 2018 and come into force on the first day of April, 2018 4Substituted vide Amendment Act 12 of 2018; published in the Official Gazette Series I No. 23 (Extraordinary) dated 10-9-2018 in place of expression “ [Rs.1500/- (Rupees One thousand Five hundred only]” 5 Inserted vide Fifth Amendment Act, 2018; published in the Official Gazette Series I No. 23 (Extraordinary) dated 10-9-2018 6 Omitted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2008 with effect of 5-5-2008 7 Substituted vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012. 8 Substituted vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012. 9 Substituted in place of words “Rs. 12 lakhs” by the Amendment Act 23 of 2009. 10 Substituted in place of words “period of ten years” by the Amendment Act 23 of 2009. 11 Inserted by the Amendment Act 23 of 2009. 12Original entry “eight thousand rupees per every” was substituted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2008(which come into force w.e.f. 5-5-2008) with the words “twenty six thousand” which was further substituted by the Amendment Act 23 of 2009 which come into force w.e.f. 1-4-2009. Present entry substituted by the Amendment Act 14 of 2012. 13 Inserted vide Act No. 12 of 2018; published in the Official Gazette Series I No. 23 (Extraordinary) dated 10-9- 2018 14 Omitted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2008 which came into force w.e.f. 5-5-2008 i.e. the day Governor assented to the Act. 15 Substituted in place of words “Rs. five thousand” by the Amendment Act 23 of 2009. Present entry vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012 16 Substituted by the Amendment Act 3 of 2006 in place of words “five hundred rupees per month for every successive years of his membership in the Assembly subject to a maximum of Rupees fifteen thousand per month” and this provisions came into force w.e.f. 15-3-2006 i.e. the Act assented by the Governor of Goa. 17 Substituted by the Amendment Act 23 of 2009.Thereafter present entry vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012. 18 Substituted by the Amendment Act 23 of 2009. Thereafter present entry vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012 19 Inserted vide Act No.12 of 2018; published in the Official Gazette Series I No. 23 (Extraordinary) dated 10-9- 2018 20 Inserted by the Amendment Act 3 of 2006 these provisions came into force w.e.f. 1-7-2004. 21 Substituted by the Amendment Act 3 of 2006 these provisions came into force w.e.f. 1-7-2004. 22 Substituted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2008 and came into force w.e.f. 27-8-2007. 23 Substitute vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012 in place of expression “being such as would be admissible” 24 Proviso inserted vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012. 25 Substituted vide Act No.12 of 2018; published in the Official Gazette Series I No. 23 (Extraordinary) dated 10-9- 2018, in place of expression [Rs. 6000/-] 26Substitute vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012 27 Substituted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2008 and come into force w.e.f. 27-08-2007. 28 Omitted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2008 which come into force w.e.f. 5-5-08 i.e. the day Governor assented to the Act. 29 Substituted vide Amendment Act 14 of 2012.orignal section read as follows : Personal assistants.— Subject to the provisions of the rules made in this behalf, a member may appoint not more than four persons possessing such qualifications and on such terms, and conditions as may be prescribed, as his personal assistants and the total remuneration payable to all such personal assistants shall not exceed 29[Rs. 32,000/- (Rupees Thirty two thousand only)] per month: Provided that in case a member engages the services of a serving Government employee as his personal assistant then the total remuneration of 29[Rs. 32,000/- (Rupees Thirty two thousand only)] shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to the basic salary drawn by such Government employee at the time of his engagement as personal assistant. 30Inserted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2008 which came into force w.e.f. 5-5-08 i.e. the day Governor assented to the Act. 31Omitted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2008 which came into force w.e.f. 5-5-08 i.e. the day Governor assented to the Act. 32Substituted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2008 which came into force w.e.f. 5-5-08 i.e. the day Governor assented to the Act.