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Residence of Ministers. – Each Minister shall be entitled without any payment to the use and maintenance of a furnished residence throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, and so long as such residence is not provided, there shall be paid a compensatory allowance or *[rupees five hundred] per month in the case of a Minister other than a Deputy Minister and *[rupees four hundred per month] in the case of a Deputy Minister. 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 provisions of electricity and water to the extent of rupees **[two thousand five hundred rupees per mensem] to each Minister and also payment of local rates and taxes. * Substituted by Act 9 of 1994 w.e.f 20.09.1993 ** Amended vide Act No.4 of 2010. This Act has come into force w.e.f 09.02.2007 410