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(1) With effect from the date of commencement of this Act, pension. there shall 'be paid a pension of four hundred rupees per mensem to every person who has served, after the 1st day of January, 1952, for a period of five years, whetger continuous or not,— (a) as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, or (b) as a Member of the Legislative Council, or (c) partly as a Member of the Legislative Assembly and partly as a Member of the Legislative Council: 121 The West Bengal Legislature (Members' Pension) Act, 1986. [West Ben. Act (Section 3.) Provided that where any person has served as aforesaid for a period exceeding five years, there shall be paid to him an additional pension of fifty rupees per mensem for every year in excess of five, so, however, that in no case the pension. payable to such person shall exceed five hundred rupees per mensem. (2) Where any person entitled to pension under sub-section (1),— (a) is elected to the office of the President or Vice-President or is appointed to the office of the Governor of any State or the Administrator of any Union Territory, or (b) become a Member of the Council of State or the House of the people or any Legislative Assembly of a State or Union Territory or any Legislative Council of a State or the Metropolitan Council of Delhi constituted under section 3 of the Delhi Administration Act, 1966, or 19 of 1966. (c) is employed on a salary under the Central Government or any State Government, or any corportion owned or controlled by the Central Government or any State Government, or any local authority or becomes otherwise entitled to any remuneration from such Government, corporation or local authority, such person shall not be entitled to any pension under sub-section (1) for the period during which he continues to hold such office or as such Member, or is so employed, or continues to be entitled to such remuneration: Provided that where the salary payable to such person for holding such office or being such Member or so employed, or where the remuneration referred to in clause (c) payable to such person, is, in either case, less than the pension payable to him under sub-section (1), such person shall be entitled only to receive the balance as pension under that sub-section. (3) Where any person entitled to pension under sub-section (1) is also entitled to any pension from the Central Government or any State Government, or any corporation owned or controlled by the Central Government, or any State Government, or any local authority, under any law or otherwise, then,— (a) where the amount of pension to which he is entitled under such law or otherwise, is equal to or in excess of that to which he is entitled under sub-section (1), such person shall not be entitled to any pension under that sub-section; and 122 The West Bengal Legislature (Members' Pension) Act, 1986. XVIII of 1986.] (Section 3.) West Ben. Act V of