An Act to provide for the remuneration and privileges of the Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the remuneration and privileges of the Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh;
(1) This Act may be called the Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers (Remuneration and Privileges) Act, 1973.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
(1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(2) Other words and expressions used in this Act and not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Fundamental and Supplementary Rules.
(2) The salary of a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister shall not be liable to any tax.
(1) A Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister shall be entitled to receive travelling expenses to the extent mentioned below for the journey from his ordinary place of residence to the seat of the Government on taking up office and from the seat of the Government to his ordinary place of residence on laying down office-
(2) A Minister 9or a Minister of State shall, in addition to the travelling expenses mentioned in sub-section (1), be entitled to the cost of transporting personal servants, not exceeding two, by the lowest class of accommodation.
(3) No travelling expense shall be admissible under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) if the journey or transportation is not performed or effected within six months of the date of taking up or laying down the office, as the case may be.
(1) A Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of an official residence and 15no charge shall fall on him in respect of its maintenance.
(2) An official residence shall be furnished by the Government at a cost-
and the items of furniture and other materials with which such residence may be furnished shall be determined by the Government.
house other than his official residence, he shall be entitled to receive;
(5) A Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister shall be entitled to reside in his official residence or in the residence hired by him for a period of one month immediately after laying down his office and no charge in respect thereof shall fall on him during that period.
(1) Subject to the provisions made hereinafter, a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister travelling on official duty shall be treated as a very important person.
(2) When travelling by rail-
(3) When travelling by steamer-
(4) A Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister may, if the public interest so demands, travel by air, and when so travelling-
(5) In respect of a journey performed by road beyond a radius of 418.00 kilometer from his headquarters, a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister shall be entitled to the actual cost of transporting-
For journeys by air a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister shall be provided with insurance cover for Taka 438,00,000 on annual basis at Government expense.
(1) A Minister 44or Minister of State, while on tour, shall be entitled to a daily allowance at the rate of 45Taka 462,000 for each day of halt or a part of a day of absence from his headquarters, and such allowance shall be admissible at full rate for the first ten days of each continuous halt, at three-fourths of the full rate for the next twenty days and at half of the full rate thereafter.
47(2) A Deputy Minister, while on tour, shall be entitled to a daily allowance at the rate of 48Taka 491,500 for each day of halt or a part of a day of absence from the headquarters, and such allowance shall be admissible at full rate for the first ten days of each continuous halt, at three-fourths of the full rate for the next twenty days and at half of the full rate thereafter.(3) A halt on tour shall be treated as continuous halt unless terminated by an absence at a distance from the halting place exceeding 508.00 kilometer for a period of not less than seven nights.
(4) While on tour, a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister shall not pay any rent, rate, electricity charge, water charge or conservancy charge for the Circuit House or any other Government accommodation.
A Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister shall be his own Controlling Officer.
A Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister travelling on official business outside Bangladesh shall be entitled to such allowances as may be prescribed by the Government.
(2) Until rules are made under sub-section (1), Medical Attendance Rules, 1950 shall be applicable to a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister and his family.
Provided that the status of a Private Secretary shall be determined by the 53Ministry of Establishment;
Provided that the status of the Assistant Private Secretary shall, when appointed from outside, be determined by the 55Ministry of Establishment:
Provided further that a person appointed as Assistant Private Secretary from outside shall hold his post during the pleasure of the Minister or the Minister of State as the case may be and so long as the Minister or the Minister of State holds his office;
56(c) two Personal Officers of grade 10 of the National Pay Scale or Personal Assistants of grade 14 of the National Pay Scale to be appointed from outside at the choice of the Minister or the Minister of State and such a person shall hold his post during the pleasure of the Minister or the Minister of State, as the case may be, and so long as the Minister or the Minister of State holds his office;Provided that a person appointed as peon or cook shall hold his post during the pleasure of the Minister or the Minister of State, as the case may be, and so long as the Minister or the Minister of State holds his office.
(2) a Deputy Minister shall be entitled to-
Provided that, the rank of the Private Secretary appointed from outside shall be determined by the Establishment Division:
Provided further that a person appointed as Private Secretary from outside shall hold his post during the pleasure of the Deputy Minister and so long as the Deputy Minister holds his office;
Provided that a person appointed as peon shall hold his post during the pleasure of the Deputy Minister and so long as the Deputy Minister holds his office.
A Minister shall be entitled to have one telephone installed at his home residence at Government expense where facilities for such installation are available and no charge shall fall on him in respect thereof.
(1) There shall be placed at the disposal of a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister as discretionary grant an amount-
(2) The expenditure from the discretionary grant shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Government.
The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.]
The Ministers (Remuneration and Privileges) Rules, 1972, the Ministers of State (Remuneration and Privileges) Rules, 1972, the Ministers (Remuneration and Privileges) Ordinance, 1973 (III of 1973), the Ministers of State (Remuneration and Privileges) Ordinance, 1973 (V of 1973) and the Deputy Ministers' (Remuneration and Privileges) Ordinance, 1973 (IV of 1973), are hereby repealed.