Residence for Neta Pratipaksha

Residence for Neta Pratipaksha.-

1. (1) The Neta Pratipaksha shall be entitled to a free furnished office cum residence at Bhopal without payment of rent.
2. (2) If the Neta Pratipaksha 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. (3) In addition to a free furnished office cum residence at Bhopal under sub-section (1), the Neta Pratipaksha shall also be entitled to the use of a furnished office cum residence without payment of rent at any other place which the State Government may from time to time, for the purpose of this Act, declare to be the place of official residence of the Neta Pratipaksha, so long as such declaration remains in force.
4. (4) [Omitted by Act No. 19 of 2002]
5. (5) The annual expenditure to be incurred in respect of up keep, annual repairs and maintenance and furnishing of the office cum residence and garden provided under sub-section
6. (1) shall be subject to such monetary limits as may be laid down in the rules made in this behalf by the State Government. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section "office cum residence" includes the staff quarters and other buildings appurtenant thereto, and the garden thereof and "maintenance" in relation to an office cum residence includes the payment of local rates and taxes and the proviso of electricity and water.