CHAPTER 02:06
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Salaries and allowances of Speaker and Deputy Speaker

    4.    Salaries and allowances of Members

    5.    Allowances exempt from income tax

    6.    Saving in respect of other allowances

        Schedule

Act 3, 1992,
Act 32, 1992,
Act 6, 1993,
Act 15, 1994,
Act 9, 1995,
Act 5, 1996,
Act 2, 1997,
Act 20, 1997,
Act 11, 1998,
Act 7, 2000,
Act 16, 2001,
Act 6, 2002,
Act 29, 2004,
Act 37, 2004,
Act 14, 2005,
Act 9, 2006,
Act 7, 2007,
Act 3, 2008,
Act 14, 2012,
Act 15, 2013,
Act 10, 2014,
Act 7, 2015,
Act 12, 2016,
Act 8, 2017,
Act 35, 2018,
Act 6, 2019,
Act 9, 2019,
Act 12, 2020,
S.I. 143, 2020,
Act 26, 2022,
Act 34, 2022,
Act 25, 2023.

An Act to re-enact with amendments the National Assembly (Salaries and Allowances) Act.

[Date of Commencement: 1st April, 1992]

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the National Assembly (Salaries and Allowances) Act.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

    "Assembly" means the National Assembly;

    "Leader of the Opposition" means the person designated by the Speaker of the Assembly as Leader of the Opposition;

    "Member" has the meaning assigned to it under section 58 of the Constitution.

3.    Salaries and allowances of Speaker and Deputy Speaker

    (1) The Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly shall each be paid, from moneys appropriated by law for such purpose, the appropriate salary payable in terms of section 4.

    (2) The Speaker and Deputy Speaker shall, in addition, receive the allowances specified in paragraphs 3 and 8 of the Schedule and shall be eligible to receive—

    (a)    for the Speaker, the allowance specified under paragraph 2(2) of the Schedule; and

    (b)    for the Deputy Speaker, the allowance payable under paragraph 2(3) of the Schedule

[6 of 2019, s. 2.]

4.    Salaries and allowances of Members

    (1) Members shall be paid, from moneys appropriated by law for such purpose, the salaries and allowances prescribed in the Schedule.

[16 of 2001, s. 2.]

    (2) The Speaker, Deputy Speaker and each Member shall be deemed to have had incorporated into their basic salary, prescribed in the Schedule and payable over the Session of Parliament whose life commenced on the 16th October, 1999, a car subsidy allowance amounting to P120,000.

[16 of 2001, s. 2.]

5.    Allowances exempt from income tax

    The allowances payable or benefits granted in terms of this Act shall be exempt from income tax.

6.    Saving in respect of other allowances