Section 3. Salaries and allowances of Ministers and Ministers of State

¹[(1) There shall be paid to the Chief Minister, each Minister and each Minister of State

(a) a salary of ²[seventy thousand rupees], ³[sixty-five thousand rupees] and ⁴[sixty thousand rupees] per mensem respectively, exclusively ⁵[x x x x] ; and

(b) an allowance of ⁶[one thousand rupees] per mensem to cover the cost of petrol or diesel oil for journey within a radius of sixteen kilometres from the headquarters.

⁷[x x x x].

(2) Each Minister ⁸[and each Minister of State] shall be provided with free furnished house, the maintenance charges of which shall be borne by the ⁹[Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir]. The ⁹[Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] may also allow him to continue in free occupation of the house provided to him for a period not exceeding fifteen days from the date of his ceasing to be a Minister ¹⁰[or Minister of State, as the case may be].

(3) Each Minister ¹¹[ and each Minister of State] shall be entitled to the use of a State car, the expenses on the maintenance and propulsion of which shall be borne by the ¹²[State Government] :

¹³[Provided that if a Minister or a Minister of State uses own car, he shall in that case be entitled to such additional allowances as may be prescribed under the rules made by the ¹⁴[Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir].]