Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) 1 [Leader of the Opposition] shall, so long as he continues as such Leader and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, be entitled without payment of rent to the use of a furnished residence and no charge shall fall on the Leader of the Opposition personally in respect of the maintenance of such residence. (2) In the event of the death of 2 [Leader of the Opposition], his family shall be entitled to the use of the furnished residence occupied by him for a period of fifteen days immediately after his death, without payment of rent and no charge shall fall on his family in respect of the maintenance of such residence. 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 the payment of taxes and the provisions of electricity and water.