Arrangement of accommodation

(1) Every member (including a Parliamentary Secretary) shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of such accommodation at Dehradun as may be provided to him for the duration of his membership and such further period as may be prescribed: Provided that if any member shall not arrange such accommodation then three hundred rupees per month shall be reimbursed. (2) Each member for whose use accommodation at Dehradun has been provided under sub-section (1) shall immediately after the expiration of the period referred to in that sub-section, vacate such accommodation and an officer authorized by the State Government in this behalf may take possession of the accommodation and may for the purpose use such force as may be necessary in the circumstances. Explanation - For the purposes of this sub-section ‘Member’ includes a person who has ceased to be a member. (3) Where a member has not been provided with any accommodation, he shall be entitled to an accommodation allowance at the rate of three hundred rupees per mensem. Provided that in case government accommodation allotted to member such amount not be payable. (4) where a member is provided with an accommodation the standard rent whereof is less than three hundred rupees per month the difference thereof shall be paid to such member as compensatory accommodation allowance and where the standard rent of the accommodation so provided is more than the said amount the difference be chargeable from the member. Explanation - A member shall be deemed to have been provided with an accommodation on the date when intimation about its allotment in his favour is given to him whether or not such member accepts the allotment or occupies the accommodation.