Residence of Ministers.

Each Minister shall be entitled without any payment to the use and maintenance of a furnished residence throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, and so long as such residence is not provided, there shall be paid a compensatory allowance or rupees five hundred per month in the case of a Minister other than a Deputy Minister and rupees four hundred per month in the case of a Deputy Minister. Explanation. – For the purposes of this section, “residence” includes the staff quarters and other buildings appurtenant thereto, and the garden thereof, and ‘maintenance’ in relation to a residence includes provisions of electricity and water to the extent of two thousand five hundred rupees per mensem to each Minister and also payment of local rates and taxes.