OFFICIAL DECREE ON SALARIES IN THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLE'S MILITIA

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SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Military - People's Militia, salaries
HOW
PUBLISHED Irregular newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Belgrade
DATE
13 Jan 1953
PUBLISHED
LANGUAGE Croatian
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SOURCE Sluzbeni List, FNRJ, Vol IX,No 2, 1953
DATE DIST. juh 1953
NO. OF PAGES 8
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
OFFICIAL DECREE ON SALARIES IN THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLE'S MILITIA
LThe following Decree on Salaries in the People's Militia,
signed by Marshal Tito on 10 January 1953 and endorsed by Edvard
Kardelj, President of the Federal Council for Legislation and
Development of the People's Authority, became effective 13 Jan-
uary 1953
Article 1. This decree prescribes the salaries of militiamen, noncommissioned
officers, and officers of the People's Militia. The term "officer" includes gen-
erals of the Militia.
Article 2. Salaries of militiamen, noncommissioned officers, and officers
of the People's Militia are determined according to their position and years of
service on the basis of a graduated 'salary scale outlined in Article 3 of the
Basic Decree on Positions and Salaries of Employees of State Agencies.
Article 3. Each salary grade for militiamen, noncommissioned officers, and
officers of the People's Militia includes periodic pay increases which are a com-
posite part of tue basic salary.
Article 4. Officers of the People's Militia in prescribed organizational
positions receive a position allowance.
Article 5. Militiamen, noncommissioned officers, and officers of the Peo-
ple's Militia receive, in addition to their basic salary, a supplementary allow-
ance for service in the Militia.
Article 6. Militiamen, noncommissic.,ed officers, and officers of the Peo-
ple's Militia, can be granted upon occasion supplementary pay for special
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achievements on duty. These supplements must not exceed the sum provided fnr
such purposes in the budget. Approval for such supplements is given by the fed-
eral or republic Minister of the Interior.
Article 7. Officers of the People's Militia are classified according to
the following salary grades:
Rank Salary Grade
Second lieutenant XIV
Lieutenant XIII
Captain XII
Captain first Class XI and X
Major IX and VIII
Lieutenant Colonel VII and VI
Colonel V and IV
Major General III
Lieutenant Colonel General II
Article 8. Noncommissioned officers of the People's Militia are classified
according to the following salary grades:
Junior 'ergeant (mladji vodnik) -- grades XV and XIV
Senior sergeant (stariji vodnik) -- grades XIII and XII
Article 9. Militiamen ar? classified according to the following salary
grades:
Militiaman-trainee -- grade XVIII
Militiaman -- grades XVII, XVI, and XV
Article 10. For officers of the People's Militia there is one periodic
pay increase in salary grades VI, X, and XIII. For noncommissioned officers,
there are three periodic pay increases for junior sergeants in grade XIV, ser-
geants in grade XIII, and senior sergeants in salary grade XII. For militiamen
there are four periodic pay increases in salary grade XV.
Periodic pay increases in grades XV, XIV, XIII, and XII are 400 dinars
a month; in grade X, 500 dinars; and in grade VI, 700 dinars.
Article 11. Upon first entering the service, a militiaman is classified
as militiaman-trainee, grade XVIII.
After completing a 3-year training period, a militiaman-trainee is pro-
moted to militiaman, salary grade XVII.
Militiamen are promoted to succeeding grades every 3 years.
Article 12. When first entering service or upon receiving a promotion to
a rank in which there are two grades, a noncommissioned officer or officer of
the People's Militia is placed in the initial salary grade corresponding to the
rank.
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A noncommissioned officer or officer is ordinarily promoted after 3
years of service to the higher salary grade provided for the rank.
Article 13. A militiaman or officer of the People's Militia who has satis-
factorily completed 3 years in the highest salary grade of his rank, but has not
been promoted to a higher rank, receives periodic pay increases. In like manner,
noncommissioned officers of the People's Militia receive periodic pay increases
after 3 years of service in the highest salary grade of their rank, if such an
increase is provided for that grade.
Periodic pay increases are given for every 3 years of satisfactory
If a militiaman or noncommissioned officer of the People's Militia is
promoted to a higher rank, where the salary is lower than his former salary in-
cluding periodic pay increases, he receives his former salary.
Article 14. A position allowance is given to officers of the People's
Militia whose organizational position calls for such an allowance. Organiza-
tional positions which draw position allowances, and the classification grades
(listed in Article 15 below) are determined by the Yugoslav tninlster of In-
terior.
Article 15. Positions which draw a position allowance are classified into
the following grades with monthly allowances as follows:
Grade
Allowance (dinars)
I
3,000
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6,000
II
2,000
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4,000
III
1,500
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3,000
IV
1,000
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2,000
V
800
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1,500
VI
500
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1,000
VII
300
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600
IV. SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR SERVICE IN THE PEOPLE' MILITIA
Article 16. A special allowance for service in the People's Militia is
given according to rank or profession as follows:
Allowance (dinars,
Militiaman-trainee and militiaman
1,500
Noncommissioned officers
1,800
Second lieutenants and lieutenants
3,000
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Captains
Captain First Class Major)
Lieutenant Colonel, and Colonel 4,000
Generals 5,000
The special allowance given to militiamen-trainees, militiamen, and noncommis-
sioned officers who are on duty in border areas or in special units can be in-
creased up to 500 dinars upon the approval of the competent authorities.
Noncommissioned officer commanders of People's Militia stations re-
ceive an allowance of 2,000 dinars.
Article 17. Provisions of this decree are effective from the day militia-
men, noncommissioned officers, and officers of the People's Militia enter on
duty until the end of the month in which they are discharged from duty.
A noncommissioned officer or officer of the People's Militia who has
been newly assigned or promoted to a higher rank begins receiving his new
salary the first of the month following the month in which his new assignment
or promotion took place.
Article 18. A position allowance dates from the first of the month fol-
lowing the month in which assignment to the new position is made.
Article 19. Payment of a salary of a higher salary grade and periodic
pay increases date from the first of the month following the month in which
they became effective.
Approval of a promotion to a higher salary grade or of a periodic
pay increase is made by the officer in charge of promotions.
Article 20. A militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the
People's Militia who has been released from a specific duty continues to re-
ceive the salary of his former grade until his new assignment is made effec-
tive.
Article 21. Militiamen, noncommissioned officers, and officers of the
People's Militia who are attending militia schools or other schools for addi-
tional training are entitled to the same perquisites as prior to attendance.
Article 22. Militiamen, noncommissioned officers, and officers of the
People's Militia who, because of disciplinary violation, are sentenced to
have their promotion delayed, will have their promotion delayed for the period
the court has set.
A militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the People's
Militia against whom disciplinary or criminal proceedings are under way may
not receive a promotion or periodic pay increase.
If such an individual is released or the proceedings against him are
suspended, he regains rights to the time involved.
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Article 23. A militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the
People's Militia who is removed from duty because he has been imprisoned ox
under investigation for a criminal offense, or because criminal proceedings
are under way against him, loses all former salary and allowance rights. If
the militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the People's Militia
was entitled to a children's allowance at the time of his removal from duty,
allowance payments will continue during his imprisonment or investigation un-
til be is sentenced.
After he is sentenced, the children's allowance continues to be paid
to the remaining parent or guardian provided he finds employment (regardless
of the duration of such employment), or if he does not find employment, pro-
vided he reports to the employment bureau and continues to do so until the
bureau finds employment for him or until he, himself, finds employment.
A special commission in the republic budget agency, which includes
a representative of the Ministry of the Interior in addition to a represen-
tative of the agency, may rule that, in cases described in the first para-
graph above, specific assistance payments be made to the militiaman, non-
commissioned officer, or officer which will not exceed half his basic salary.
In deciding upon this assistance, thr commission will give consideration to the
economic and family background of the indiviuuai in quebtion.
The militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the People's
Militia against whom criminal court proceedings have been suspended, who has
been declared innocent, or against whom a charge has been dropped, but not
through incompetence on the part of the court, may file a complaint against
the state with the competent regular court for compensation for lost pay.
The commission of the republic budget agency may rule that assistance be
given to him, regardless of whether he filed a suit for compensation. In
determining the amount to be paid for compensation, the court will take into
consideration the amount of assistance that may have been extended.
If a militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the People's
Militia has been removed from duty as described In the first paragraph above,
has been sentenced to a prison term of more than 8 days, fined a penalty of
more than 10,000 dinars, sent for security reasons to other quarters, or dis-
charged for disciplinary reasons, be loses all rights to compensation for pay,
but can still bea recipient of assistance.
Article 24. If criminal proceedings are initiated against a militiaman,
noncommissioned officer, or officer of the People's Militia for an offense
which calls for a jail sentence of more than 6 months or a lesser penalty,
but the offense was connected with his regular'duties and it would not be in
the interest of the service that he remain on duty, he may be relieved from
duty. In this case, he has a right to indemnity amount:.ng to approximately
one third of his earnings. If he ba. a family to support he is entitled to
one half his earnings and an allowance for dependent children.
After he is sentenced, the children's allowance continues to be paid
to the remaining parent or guardian provided he finds employment (regardless
of the duration of such employment), or if he does not find employment, pro-
vided he reports to the employment bureau and continues to do so until the
bureau finds employment for him or until he, himself, finds employment.
A militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the People's
Militia described in the first paragraph of this article, who has been de-
clared innocent or the charge against him dropped, but not because of in-
competence on the part of the court, or against venom court proceedings have
been suspended, may file a complaint against the state with the competent
regular court for compensation for lost pay.
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In all other cases of criminal offense or disciplinary violation, the
militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the People's Militia may
be released from duty, but he has full right to his pay and allowances.
Article 25.. When a militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of
the Feople's Militia has been released from duty in compliance with the pre-
ceding articles, he may be discharged from the service.
Article 26. If a tour' sentence is reversed in a new trial, the service
status of the individual concerned will not be considered as having been sev-
ered.
In such a case, the militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer
of the People's Militia may file a complaint against the state with the :om-
petent regular court for compensation for lost pay. The commission of tine
republic budget agency may rule that assistance be given him, regardless of
whether a suit for compensation has been filed.
Article 27. New officers entering the People's Militia who have just
graduated from school are entitled to a single special clothing allowance
amounting to a month's basic pay corresponding to their rank.
Article 28. If a militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the
People's Militia is discharged from service, after 6 years of satisfactory
service in the People's Militia, the Yugoslav Army, or some other branch of
government service, he is entitled to a bonus as follows:
1. If he was a member of the National Liberation Army or of the Par-
tisan Detachments up to 30 June 1943, he is entitled to 3 months' pay.
2. If he was a member of the National Liberation Army, Partisan De-
tachments, the Yugoslav Army, or the People's Militia between 1 June 1943 and
15 May 1945, he is entitled to 2 months' pay.
3. If he was a member of the People's Militia after 15 May 1945, he
is entitled to a month's pay.
Occupational casualties in grade II or III, who do not meet the re-
quirements under Paragraph above, are entitled to a bonus of 2 month's pay.
A militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the People's
Militia, whose service has been terminated as a result of a court sentence or
because of a disciplinary offense, or who has been discharged because he
applied for discharge or had an unsatisfactory rating, is not entitled to the
bonus described in Paragraph 1 of this article. An individual who transfers
from the People's Militia directly to another service which provides for a
free uniform is not entitled to the bonus described in Paragraph 1 of this
article.
Individuals who have recieved a bonus upon discharge are not entitled
to another bonus If they re-enter service in the People's Militia and are later
discharged.
Article 29. The federal or republic Minister of the interior may assign a
one-time gratuity of up to 50,000 diners to the family of an individual who
through no fault of his own lost his life in service or as a result of such
service.
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The federal Minister of the Interior will issue instruction deter-
mining under what conditions and to which family members this gratuity is to
be given.
Article 30. In justified cases when it is not against the interest of the
service militiamen, noncommissioned officers, and officers can obtain approval
for up to 3 months' leave without pay. Leave without pay for more than one
month may be approved once every 5 years. Approval for such leave is given by
the federal or republic Minister of the Interior.
Individuals who have been granted leave without pay may report for
duty before their leave has expired. In this case their salary dates from the
day they reported for duty.
In the event of a state of preparedness or general mobilization, all
rights to leave without pay will cease.
Article 31. Militiamen, noncommissioned officers, or officers of the
People's Militia who are serving in the Militia at the time that this decree
goes into effect will receive the basic salary of the rank or position they
occupy.
Article 32. An officer of the People's Militia who holds a rank for
which there are two salary grades will be placed in the initial salary grade
if by 1 January 1953 he had spent less than 3 years in this rank, and in the
higher salary grade if by 1 January 1953 he had spent 3 or more years in the
same rank.
Article 33. Noncommissioned officers of the People's Militia who by
1 January 1953 had spent less than 3 years of satisfactory service in their
present rank will be placed in the initial salary grade corresponding to their
rank as provided for in Article 8. Noncommissioned officers who by 1 January
1953 had spent more than 3 satisfactory years in their present rank will be
placed in the higher salary grade.
Article 34. A militiaman who by 1 January 1953 had served less than 3
years will be placed in the salary grade of militiaman-trainee, grade XVIII.
Others will be placed in higher salary grades according to years of service,
as provided by Article 11.
Article 35. If, in compliance with Articles 31-34, a militiaman, non-
commissioned officer, or officer is placed in a salary grade which calls for
periodic pay increases, and he has spent more than 3 years in service cor-
responding to this grade, he is entitled to periodic pay increases in ac-
cordance with Article 13.
Article 36. In determining salary grades and periodic pay increases for
militiamen, time served in the following is also recognized.
_. Service with the National Liberation Army, Partisan Detachments,
or the Yugoslav Army before 15 May 1945, and on active duty or in organiza-
tional work in the National Liberation War.
2. Imprisonment as prisoners-of-war, in accordance with Article 67
of the Law on Service in the Yugoslav Army.
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Militiamen who have been awarded the Remembrance of 1941 Award, (Spo-
menica 1941) will have service described in Paragraph 1 calculated from 6 April
1941 to 15 May 1945.
Article 37. Excess service over service required for salary grade will
count toward promotion to a higher salary grade or toward periodic pay in-
creases.
Article 38. Militiamen, noncommissioned officers, or officers of the
People's Militia who are in training in militia schools or military or other
schools at the time this decree goes into effect will be placed in the basic
salary grade of the corresponding rank or position which they currently occupy.
Article 39. Salaries described in this decrea go into effect 1 January
1953. The militiaman, noncommissioned officer, or officer of the People's
Militia whose total earnings (basic salary, periodic increase, position allow-
ance, and special allowance) because of this decree become smaller than his
previous earnings (salary, periodic increase, rank allowance, position allow-
ance, and cash value of industrial ration coupons) will be paid the difference
until his current earnings equal his previous earnings, either as a result of
a promotion to a higher rank or salary grade, or through periodic pay increases.
Article 40. This decree becomes effective on the day of publication in
the official Yugoslav newspaper (Sluzbeni List, FNRJ).
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