(1) Each Minister shall be provided with a furnished house, the maintenance charges of which shall be borne by the State
1. Section 3 substituted vide Act No. 18 of 2003.
2. Sub-section (1) of section amended vide Act No. 16 of 2009, 28 of 2012, 42 of 2013 and again substituted vide Act No. 6 of 2016.
3. Section 4 omitted vide Act No. 18 of 2003 and again inserted vide Act No. 42 of
2013.(Sec. 3).
4. Substituted for the words "thirty thousand" vide Act No. 5 of 2016.
Government or in lieu of such house, shall be paid an allowance at the following rates, namely:-
(a) Minister who is a member Rupees three thousand and of the Cabinet: five hundred per mensem;
(b) a Minister of State: Rupees three thousand per mensem;
and
(c) a Deputy Minister: Rupees two thousand and five hundred per mensem.
(2) The State Government may allow a Minister to continue in occupation of the house provided to him for a period not exceeding fifteen days from the date of his ceasing to be a Minister.
(3) Each Minister shall be liable to pay licence fee 1[one thousand five hundred] of his salary in respect of the furnished house allotted to him and the same shall be recoverable monthly from his salary.
Explanation.-The Minister shall not become personally liable for any payment in case the standard rent of the house allotted to him for residence exceeds the amount specified in sub-section (1).