Section 3. Pension.

1[3. Pension. –– 2[(1) 3With effect from 1st September, 2009, there shall be paid a pension of 4[fifty thousand rupees] per month to every person who has served for any period as a member of— (a) the Constituent Assembly of the State ; (b) the Legislative Council of the State ; or (c) the Legislative Assembly of the State. 5[(1-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), there shall be paid an additional pension of 8rupees two thousand per mensem to a person entitled to pension under sub-section (1) for every completed year in excess of the term as a Member of the Assembly or six years as a Member of the Council, as the case may be] : 6[Provided that the total pension shall not exceed rupees seventy-five thousand per month.] 7[(1-B) The arrears of the pension for the period from 01-09-2009 till the date of commencement of the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature Members’ Pension (Amendment) Act, 2011 shall be paid in three equal installments commencing from the year 2014-15]. 8[x x x].