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Free installation of telephone.- (1) Each Minister shall be entitled to have a telephone installed at any place within his constituency or at his permanent place of residence, if such facility is available at such place at normal rates and without incurring any additional cost, as may be specified by him, and after the place of installation is so specified, the charges for first installation of, security deposit and annual rent for, such telephone shall be borne by the State Government and all other expenses such as those relating to, local and outside calls shall be paid by the Minister: 3[Provided that a Minister who installs a telephone under this sub- section shall be paid telephone allowance at the rate of 4[twenty thousand rupees] per mensem.] 1 . Substituted for the words "two lac rupees" vide Act No. 5 of 2016. 2 . Substituted for the words "ten thousand" vide Act No. 5 of 2016.