The Chief Election Commissioner (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975

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       THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER (SALARY,
         ALLOWANCES AND PRIVILEGES) ACT, 1975




                                      CONTENTS
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SECTIONS:
1.   Short title and commencement.

2.   Definitions.

3.   Salary, allowances and privileges.

4.   Provident Fund.

5.   Leave.

6.   [Repeal.]
THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER (SALARY, ALLOWANCES AND
                   PRIVILEGES) ACT, 1975.
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                                                         Act No. LV of 1975
                                                                                              [21st July, 1975]

                  An Act to determine the salary, allowances and privileges of the Chief Election
                                              Commissioner.

       WHEREAS it is expedient to determine the salary, allowances and privileges of the Chief
Election Commissioner;

       It is hereby enacted as follows:―

        1. Short title and commencement. This Act may be called the Chief Election Commissioner
(Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975.

       (2) It shall come into force at once.

       2. Definitions. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, —

                  (a)        “Commissioner” means the Chief Election Commissioner appointed under
                             clause (1) of Article 213 of the Constitution; and

                  (b)        “Constitution” means the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

       3. Salary, allowances and privileges. A Commissioner shall be entitled to the same salary,
allowances and privileges as a Judge of the Supreme Court:
       2
         [Provided that where the Commissioner has been a Chief Justice of Pakistan, he shall be
entitled to the same salary, allowances and privileges as are admissible to Chief Justice of Pakistan.]

       4. Provident Fund. The Commissioner may, at his option, become a subscriber to the
General Provident Fund and, if he so opts, shall subscribe to the Fund as a compulsory subscriber
according to the General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules.

        5. Leave.—(1) A Commissioner who, within the period of seven days immediately preceding
his appointment as such, was in the service of Pakistan shall carry with him in his said appointment
the leave earned by him and standing to his credit while in such service and may be granted leave by
the President under the rules applicable to him while in such service; and his service as
Commissioner shall count for the grant of leave under the said rules.

       (2) A Commissioner who, within the period of seven days immediately preceding his
appointment as such, was not in the service of Pakistan may be granted leave by the President as
follows:
                  (a)        leave on leave salary equivalent to full pay at the rate of one eleventh of the
                             period spent on duty;
       1
        For Statement of Objects and Reasons, SEE Gaz. of P., 1975, Ext. Pt. 111. p. 419.
       2
        Subs. by Ord. VII of 02, s.2, with effect from 16-1-02.

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             (b)   leave on leave salary equivalent to half pay at the rate of one eleventh of the
                   period spent on duty, such leave being convertible into leave on full pay at the
                   rate of two days of leave on half pay equal to one day's leave on full pay, if it
                   is availed of on medical grounds; and


             (c)   extraordinary leave without pay or allowances for a period not exceeding three
                   months during his full term of three years, subject to a maximum of two
                   months at any one time, the Commissioner being entitled to combine such
                   leave with any other kind of leave admissible to him.


      6. [Repeal.] Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981
(XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch., II.




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