Amenities to Leader of Opposition.

(1) The Leader of Opposition shall be entitled to the same telephone facility, as is admissible to a Minister under sub-section (4) of section 2 of the East Punjab Ministers’ Salaries Act, 1947. (2) The Leader of the Opposition shall also be paid a conveyance allowance at the rate of ten thousand rupees per mensem, or, in lieu thereof, a State car, the expenses on the maintenance and propulsion of which shall be borne by the State Government: Provided that the maintenance and propulsion expenses of the State car in use by the Leader of the Opposition shall not be subject to the limit of ten thousand rupees. (3) If Leader of Opposition does not avail of or surrenders his State car and wishes to use his private vehicle for official purpose then he shall be entitled to the same facilities as are admissible to a Minister under sub-section (3-A) of section 2 of the East Punjab Ministers’ Salaries Act, 1947 and the rules framed thereunder.