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Medical attendance.— Subject to rules or orders made by the State Government, the Chairman and the Speaker and the members of the family of the Chairman or the Speaker, as the case may be, who are residing with and dependent on him, shall be entitled, free of charge, to accommodation in hospitals maintained by the State Government and to medical attendance and treatment. Explanation.— For the purpose of this section, the expression “a member of the family” means the husband, wife, son, daughter, father, mother, brother or sister. 1[7A. Telephone facilities to Officers of State Legislature.— (1) Every officer of the State Legislature shall during the term of his office be entitled also to have a telephone installed at Government cost at the place of residence or at any place in his constituency selected by him (being a place other than the place of residence provided under this Act by the State Government). (2) No charge shall fall on the office of the State legislature personally in respect of installation of, initial deposit for, rental charges for maintenance of, and official calls made from, the telephone installed under sub-section (1). (3) There shall also be paid to every Officer of the State Legislature a sum of, 2[Rs. 12,000] per month from the month in which telephone facility has been provided under this section. 3[(4) Where an officer of the State Legislature has a telephone installed at any place referred to in sub-section (1) at his own cost, then— (a) the rental charges in respect of such telephone shall be borne by the State Government; and there shall be paid to such officer a sum of 4[Rs. 12,000] per month in respect of such telephone; and (b) the charges in respect of official calls made from such telephone shall also be borne by the State Government, if such Officer resides at such place as a residence and a separate telephone is not provided to him by or under the provisions of this Act by the State Government.] Explanation.— In this section 5[and in section 8] ‘Officer of the State Legislature’ means the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman and the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.] 6[8. Free transit by railway and steamer.— (1) Every officer of the State Legislature shall, 7[* * *] be provided with facilities, which shall entitle him at any time to travel singly by 8[first class or, as the case may be, by air-conditioned two-tier] by any railway in any part of India, or by steamer in any part of the State of Maharashtra, in such manner, and subject to such conditions, as may by rules or orders be prescribed in that behalf: Provided that such travel by railways, in any part of India, whether within the State or outside the State may be availed of by the Officer, either singly or jointly with his spouse or with his minor children or jointly with his spouse and minor children 9[or companion], so however, that the distance so travelled by the Officer outside the State, and by the members of his family 10[or companion] 1 Section 7A was inserted by Mah. 41 of 1975, s. 2. 2 These letters and figures were substituted for the letters and figures “Rs. 8,000” by Mah. 32 of 2010, s. 4(a). 3 Sub-section (4) was substituted for the original by Mah. 4 of 1989, s. 4. 4 These letters and figures were substituted for the letters and figures “Rs. 8,000” by Mah. 32 of 2010, s. 4(b). 5 These words and figures were inserted by Mah. 52 of 1976, s. 2. 6 Section 8 was substituted by Mah. 72 of 1981, s. 4. 7 The words, figures and letters “with effect from the 1st day of April 1991” were deleted by Mah. 2 of 1991, s. 3(a)(i). 8 These words were substituted for the words “first class” by Mah. 2 of 1991, s. 3(a)(ii). 9 These words were inserted by Mah. 8 of 2001, s. 2(a)(i)(A). 10 These words were inserted by Mah. 8 of 2001, s. 2(a)(i)(B). 8 The Maharashtra Legislative Council (Chairman and [1956 : XLVII Deputy Chairman) and Maharashtra LegislativeAssembly (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) Salaries and Allowances Act whether within or outside the State, in any financial year, does not in the aggregate exceed 1[fifty thousand kilometers.] Explanation.— For the purpose of calculating the maximum limit of 2[fifty thousand kilometers] for travelling, the number of kilometers travelled by the Officer outside the State, and the number of kilometers travelled by the members of his family 3[or companion] from the place of their residence, whether within or outside the State shall be counted separately. (2) (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where an Officer, either singly or jointly with his spouse or with his minor children, or jointly with his spouse and minor children 4[or companion], undertakes a journey by air, in any part of India, whether within or outside the State, instead of by railway as provided in this section, he shall be entitled, subject to the maximum limit of 5[fifty thousand kilometers] for travelling, to claim travelling allowance, as if he or both or all of them, as the case may be, had undertaken the 6[journey by air-conditioned two-tier by railway]. In such cases, the difference between the fare for journey by air and the fare for 7[journey by air-conditioned two-tier by railway] will have to be borne by the Officer. (b) Where an Officer, either singly or jointly with the members of his family 8[or companion] as aforesaid undertakes a journey by steamer or road transport, in any part of India outside the State, he shall be entitled, subject to the maximum limit of 9[fifty thousand kilometers] for travelling, to claim the fare for journey by steamer or road transport if it is less than the fare for 10[journey by air-conditioned two-tier by railway] for the same distance or, if the fare for journey by steamer or road transport is more than the fare for the same distance, to claim the fare for 11[journey by air-conditioned two-tier by railway] for the same distance, and he shall have to bear the difference between the two fares. (3) In this section, where facilities are given to an Officer of the State Legislature to travel jointly with the spouse (with or without minor children) 12[or companion], then in case of a lady Officer, she shall be entitled to have these facilities to travel, from time to time, jointly with her spouse or, instead, with any other member of her family as defined in the Explanation to section 12-A.]