Section 12A in Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries Act, 1951
12A. [ Transit by Railway Allowance. [Vide Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries (Second Amendment) Act, 1986 (Tamil Nadu Act 69 of 1986) (with effect from 1st April 1987).]
(1)Every Member of the Legislative Assembly including any such Member who holds any of the offices referred to in sections 3, 4, and 6 shall, for every financial year, be entitled to receive in such manner and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed a sum of [Twenty thousand rupees] in two equal instalments payable in the month of April and October for the purpose of travelling either singly or with his or her spouse or any other relative in one or more journeys by any class by any railway in India.[Provided that transit by railway allowance under this sub-section shall not be paid to any member who is in receipt of free railway pass issued by the Central Government or by any other authority for having been a Member of Parliament.] [Vide Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries (Amendment) Act, 1995 (Tamil Nadu Act 11 of 1995).](2)Nothing in this section shall be construed as disentitling a Member of the Legislative Assembly to any travelling allowance to which he is otherwise entitled under the provisions of this Act.]
