Section 4 of The Uttar Pradesh Ministers (Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 2016 — Amendment of section 4

For section 4 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be substituted, namely :- "4. (1) The Chief Minister and each Minister shall be entitled, without payment of any rent to the use, throughout the term of his office and for a period of fifteen days thereafter, of a residence at Lucknow which shall be furnished and maintained at public expense at the prescribed scale. (2) Where the Chief Minister or a Minister has not been provided with a residence in accordance with sub-section (1) or does not avail of the benefit of the said sub-section, he shall be entitled to a compensatory allowance at the rate of - (a) ten thousand rupees per month in the case of the Chief Minister, a Minister, a Minister of State (Independent Charge) and a Minister of State; (b) eight thousand rupees per month in the case of a Deputy Minister. (3) A Government residence shall be allotted to a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, at his/her request, for his/her life time, on payment of such rent as may be determined from time to time by the Estate Department of the State Government."