Section 15A. Secretarial allowance

15-A. Every member of the assembly or the council, whether or not he holds any of the office referred to in clause (1) of section 2 including the leader of opposition shall be entitled to receive for the duration of his membership or, as the case may be, during the whole of the term in which he holds such office, secretarial allowance at the rate of 1[thirty thousand rupees] per month. 2[Provided that the aforesaid members shall be entitled to only 70 per cent of the above-mentioned secretariat allowance from the month of April, 2000 to March, 2021.]