PARLIAMENT (REMUNERATION OF MEMBERS) ACT.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

   Section

   1.   Remuneration, etc. of members of Parliament.

   2.   Right to gratuity.

   3.   Remuneration of past Presidents and Vice Presidents.

   4.   Regulations.

   5.   Amendment of Schedule.

      Schedule   Salaries and gratuities for members of Parliament.

CHAPTER 259
PARLIAMENT (REMUNERATION OF MEMBERS) ACT.

Commencement: 1 July, 1981.

   An Act to consolidate the law relating to the remuneration of members of Parliament; to make provision for the remuneration of past Presidents and Vice Presidents and for other purposes connected therewith.

1.   Remuneration, etc. of members of Parliament.

   (1) There shall be paid to a member of Parliament in respect of his or her office as a member, or such other office which he or she holds by virtue of being such member, the salary and gratuity specified in the Schedule to this Act.

   (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a member of Parliament is also a member of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces and earns a salary by virtue of being a member of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces, that member of Parliament shall—

   (a)   be paid the salary differential if his or her salary earned as a member of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces is less than the salary specified for the member of Parliament in the Schedule;

   (b)   be paid no salary by virtue of being a member of Parliament if he or she earns a salary in the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces equal to or more than the salary specified for the member of Parliament in the Schedule.

2.   Right to gratuity.

   (1) A gratuity under this Act shall be paid—

   (