Section 5. Sumptuary allowance.

1[5. Sumptuary allowance.--There shall be paid to 2*** the Speaker of the House of the People a sumptuary allowance of one thousand rupees per mensem and to the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker a sumptuary allowance of five hundred rupees per mensem:] 3[Provided that on and from the 17th day of September, 2001, the sumptuary allowance shall be paid to-- (a) the Speaker of the House of the People at the same rate at which the sumptuary allowance is payable, under section 5 of the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952 (58 of 1952), to every other Minister who is a member of the Cabinet; (b) the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker at the same rate at which the sumptuary allowance is payable, under section 5 of the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952 (58 of 1952), to a Minister of State.]