Residence to Speaker and Deputy Speaker

Residence to Speaker and Deputy Speaker.—(1) The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker 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 one month immediately thereafter, and no charge shall fall on the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker personally in respect of the maintenance of such residence. Explanation.—(1) For the purposes of this section 'residence' includes the staff quarters and other building appurtenant thereto 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.

1. (2) If the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker 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 2.
2. (3) In addition to a free furnished residence at Bhopal under sub-section (1), the Speaker and Deputy Speaker 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 Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, as the case may be, so long as such declaration remains in force.
3. (4) The expenditure to be incurred in respect of furnishing of the residence provided to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker under sub-section
4. (1) shall, in the case of residence provided to the Speaker, be subject to the monetary limit of thirty five thousand rupees and in the case of residence provided to the Deputy Speaker, be subject to the monetary limit of twenty five thousand rupees.
5. (5) The annual expenditure to be incurred in respect of upkeep, annual repairs and maintenance of the residence and garden provided under sub-section
6. (1) shall be subject to such monetary limits as may be laid down by rule made in this behalf by the State Government.