Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Residences of Chairman and Speaker.— (1) The Chairman and Speaker each shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of a furnished residence in Bombay throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, or in lieu of such residence, a house allowance at the rate of 3[ 4[Rs. 10,000] per month and in addition a sum equal to the electricity charges and water charges, if any, paid by him for his place of residence in Bombay (being a place other than the place of residence provided under this Act by the State Government)]. (2) No charge shall fall on the Chairman or the Speaker personally in respect of the maintenance of any residence provided under this section. (3) The expenditure on furnishing residence provided under this section shall be on such scale as the State Government may by rules or orders determine. 5[(4) Where a house allowance and other sums are payable under sub-section (1) to the Chairman or the Speaker, then, save as otherwise provided by or under this Act, the State Government shall not incur any expenditure, or the Chairman or the Speaker shall not be entitled to any payment, for additions, alterations, maintenance, repairs or for doing anything whatsoever in respect of his place of residence.] 6[4A. Sumptuary allowance to Chairman and Speaker.— 7[There shall be placed at the disposal of the Chairman] and the Speaker, each, a sumptuary allowance of 8[six lakh rupees] per annum.]