Residence for Speaker and Deputy Speaker

(1) The Speaker and Deputy Speaker shall be entitled to use, without payment of rent, a furnished residence in Bhopal throughout their term of office and for a period of one month immediately thereafter, and no charge shall be personally borne by the Speaker or Deputy Speaker for the maintenance of such residence. Explanation—For the purposes of this section, "residence" includes the attached staff quarters and other buildings and the garden thereof, and "maintenance" in relation to a residence includes the payment of local rates and taxes and the provision of electricity and water. (2) If the Speaker or Deputy Speaker does not avail himself of the benefit under sub-section (1), he shall be entitled to receive in lieu thereof such house rent allowance as may be equal to twenty percent of the salary payable to him under section 2. (3) In addition to the free furnished residence in Bhopal under sub-section (1), the Speaker and Deputy Speaker shall be entitled to use, free of rent, a furnished residence at such other place as the State Government may, from time to time, declare as the official residence of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker for the purposes of this Act, as long as such declaration remains in force. (4) The expenditure in respect of furnishing the residence provided under sub-section (1) to the Speaker shall be subject to a financial limit of Rs. 35,000, and for the residence provided to the Deputy Speaker, it shall be subject to a financial limit of Rs. 25,000. (5) The annual expenditure to be incurred on the maintenance, annual repairs and maintenance of the residence and garden for which provision has been made under sub-section (1) shall be subject to such financial limits as may be prescribed by the State Government by rules made in this behalf.