Section 3. Salary

3. (1) Every member, other than the Leader of Opposition of the Assembly, shall be entitled to receive, for the duration of his membership, a salary of 1[ thirty five thousand rupees] per month. 2[ Provided that the aforesaid member shall be entitled to only seventy per cent of the above mentioned salary from the month of April, 2020 to March, 2021.] (2) The payment of salary referred to in sub-section (1) shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:- (a) the salary shall be liable to such deductions on the ground of absence or other cause as may be prescribed; (b) no salary shall be payable to a member for the period during which he is unable to sit in the Assembly or Council, as the case may be, as a result of any decision of any court or tribunal; (c) no salary shall be payable to a member of the Assembly for the period preceding the date of constitution of the Assembly; (d) no salary shall be payable to a member of the Council for the period preceding the date of vacancy as a result of which such member is elected or nominated. 3[(3) The salary of members shall be increased after every five years commencing from 1st April, 2025 on the basis of Cost Inflation Index provided under clause (v) of Explanation to Section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act No. 43 of 1961).]