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Regulation of the payment of daily and travelling allowance under the Act. – (1) Notwithstanding that a Member has not taken his seat in the Assembly to which he is elected or nominated, he shall be entitled to receive travelling allowance for the journey performed by him for the purpose of taking his seat in the Assembly. 425 (2) For absence for a period of seven days or more during a session of the Assembly or a meeting of a Committee for visiting any place in the Union Territory of Puducherry, no travelling or daily allowance will be admissible. The period of absence of a Member shall be reckoned in terms of days beginning and ending at midnight. Explanation: If a Member comes back on the seventh day whether in the forenoon or in the afternoon, his absence shall be treated as being less than 7 days. (3) The term “during a session” or “a sitting of a Committee” occurring in section 5 and in sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph does not include the period of three days immediately preceding the commencement of and three days immediately succeeding the end of the session or two days immediately preceding the commencement of the business, and two days immediately succeeding the conclusion of the business of the committee. (4) If a Member leaves the place where the session of the Assembly or a sitting of a Committee is held before the commencement of the interval between the adjournment the session or the sitting of the Committee sine die and the commencement of another session or sitting, such interval not exceeding a period of three days, his absence from that place shall be treated as intermediate absence during a session of the Assembly or a sitting of a Committee as the case may be, and the provisions of section 5 shall apply accordingly. (5) Travelling allowance for a return journey to the usual place of residence shall be admissible to a Member who leaves the place of a session of the Assembly or a sitting of a Committee during the continuance of such session or sitting and returns to the place of the session or sitting after the conclusion of the business of the session or the sitting, as the case may be, before finally returning to his usual place of residence. (6) All cases regarding the admissibility of travelling allowance to a Member who arrives at the place where a session of the Assembly or a sitting of a Committee is held, without knowledge of the postponement of the session or the sitting including cases of such Members who arrive after the session or a sitting is adjourned suddenly shall be determined by the Speaker of the Assembly having regard to the circumstances of each case. (7) Where a Member is provided with free board and lodging at the expenses of the Government or a Local Fund, he shall be entitled to receive only one-half of the daily allowance admissible to him under section 3. If only boarding or lodging is allowed free to the Member, he shall be entitled to receive three- fourths of the daily allowance admissible to him under that section. 426 SECOND SCHEDULE (See section 8) 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 as early as possible. (2) A Member who claims any travelling or other allowances under this Act, shall support his claim by a Certificate in the following form: “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 expense of the Government or a Local Fund.”. (4) After completing each final return journey on the termination of a session of the Assembly or a sitting of a committee or any other business connected with his duties as a Member shall furnish a Certificate in Form B. (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 in spite 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 allowance from………………….. Signature: Constituency No: Date: 427 FORM B Departure and return journey certificate (The Certificate may kindly be filled in, signed and returned to the Secretary, Legislative Assembly, as soon as possible, after completion of the return journey.)