The ASSAM LOCAL RATES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1954
# · 2, Daily allowance.-There shall be paid daily
Rs.20 ' (Rupe es twenty only) per day to every member of the Assam
Assembly, other than the Speaker of the said Assembly and the Ministers,
Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries to the Government of Assam, who is
or.dinarily resident at Shillong when his attendance is required at Shillong
connection with his duties as a member. For other places th e members sh
draw daily allowance at the rat e which was admissible before the
of this AGt:

Provided that a m ember may forego a part or whole of the aforesaid
al!owance ofRs.20 (Rupees twenty) in the manner to be prescribed by rules

by the State Government in this behalf.

3. Repeal.-The provisions in the Assam Legislative Chamber ( Merrl

Emoluments) Act, 193 ;; (Assam Act I of 1938) so far as they relate to the grant
daily allowance to members of the Assembly in connection with their duties
Shillong as members are hneby repeal ed.

ASSAM ACT Xl OF 1954

THE ASSAM LOCAL RATES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1954

( Passed by the Assembly )

(Received the assent of the Governot· on the 5th Aprill954)

[Published in the _Assam Gazette,_ Ex tr aord inary, dated :he 7th April 1954]

_An_

_Act_

_furth_ _er_ _to amend the_ _Assam_ _Local Rates_ _Regulntion,_ _1879_

Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient further to ame nd the Assam
R a tes Regulation, 1879 (Regulation III of 1879), hereinafter called the
Regulation, in the manner hereinafter appea rin g ;

### It is hereby enacted as follows:-

 I. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may
the Assam Local Rates (Amendment) Act, 1954.

(2) It shall have the like extent as the said Regulation .

(3) It shall come into force from lst April 1954.

2. Amendment of section 3 of Regu1ation III of 1879 • ......., In the
proviso to section 3 of the sa,id R egulation the words "three ann as" shall be

.~tituted for the words "two annas and eight pies". .

3. Amendment of section 3A of Regulation III of 1879.-In sec tio~

of the said Regulation for item _(ii)_ th e following sha ll be substituted, namely:-

"(ii) eight annas per acre or the amount assessed under section 3 whi
is higher in the case of other lands".


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