Residence for Neta Pratipaksh

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