Section 4. Residence

[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 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.]7 [(3) omitted]8