Residence of Ministers, etc.

5. (1) Each Minister, Minister of State, Deputy Minister and Parliamentary Secretary shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of a furnished residence throughout his term of office at Bhopal and for the period of the one month immediately thereafter, and no charge shall fall on the Minister or Minister of State or Deputy Minister or Parliamentary Secretary personally in respect of the maintenance of such residence. Explanation.-For the purposes of this Section "residence" includes the staff quarters and other building appurtenant there to 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 a Minister or a Minister of State, or a Deputy Minister or a Parliamentary Secretary, does not avail of the benefit of sub-section (1), he shall, in lieu thereof, be entitled to a house-rent allowance equal to twenty per centum of the salary payable to him under Section 3. (3) In addition to a free furnished residence at Bhopal under sub-section (1), each Minister, Minister of State, Deputy Minister and Parliamentary Secretary shall also be entitled to the use of a furnished residence without payment of rent at any other place which the State Government may, from time to time for purpose of this Act, declare to be the place of official residence of the Minister, Minister of State, Deputy Minister or Parliamentary Secretary, as the case may be, so long as such declaration remains in force. (4) The expenditure to be incurred in respect of furnishing of the residence provided to a Minister, a Minister of State, a Deputy Minister or a Parliamentary Secretary, as the case may be, under sub-section (1) shall be subject to the following monetary limits :- Minister Thirty-five thousand rnpees. Minister of State Twenty-five thousand rupees. Deputy Minister Twenty thousand rupees. Parliamentary Secretary Fifteen thousand rupees. (5) The annual expenditute to be incurred in respect of upkeep, annual repair and maintenance of the residence and garden provided under sub-section (1) shall be subject to such monetary limits as may be laid down by rule made in this behalf by the State Government.