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Admissibility of travelling allowance where a Member is provided with free transit for the whole or any part of the journey. – No travelling allowance under section 4 shall be claimed by a Member in respect of any journey or part thereof performed by him in a conveyance provided at the expense of the Government, or a Local Fund, but he shall be entitled to draw an allowance at the rate of Rs. 3 only per diem where the duration of such journey lasts for not less than six hours on any day: Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to a journey performed on any railway. Note: The amount of Rs. 3 is granted to the Members to cover his incidental expenses during such journey or part thereof and is in lieu of the extra road mileage when he performs the journey by a conveyance supplied without charge. This allowance is not an alternative to the daily allowance admissible under section 3 per diem which is allowed to him where admissible for each day of residence on duty.