Section 5. Aggregate amount of leave which may be granted.

(1) The aggregate amount of leave which may be granted to a Judge during the whole period of his service as such shall not exceed in terms of leave on half allowances three years 1 [including the period credited to his leave account under sub-section (2) (a) (iii) of section 4 as leave earned by him as a Judge of a High Court] together with the aggregate of the periods, if any, credited to his leave account under sub-section (2) (a) (ii) of section 4 as compensation for vacation not enjoyed. (2) The aggregate amount of leave on full allowances which may be granted to a Judge during the whole period of his service as such shall not exceed one-twenty-fourth of the period spent by him on actual service together with one-half of the aggregate periods, if any, 2 [credited to his leave account― (a) under sub-section (2) (a) (ii) of section 4 as compensation for vacation not enjoyed, and (b) under sub-section (2) (a) (iii) of section 4 as leave earned by him as a Judge of a High Court.] (3) 3 [Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 5A, the maximum period of leave which may be granted] at one time shall be, in the case of leave on full allowances, five months and in the case of leave with allowances of any kind, sixteen months.