Section 3Emoluments

Section 3: Emoluments

3. Emoluments

There shall be paid to every Governor emoluments at the rate of [rupees [three lakh fifty thousand] permensem]:

Provided that if a Governor, at the time of his appointment,—

(a)

is in receipt of a pension (other than disability or wound pension) in respect of any previous service under the Government of India or any of its predecessor Governments or under the Government of a State or any of its predecessor Governments his emoluments shall be reduced,—

(i)

by the amount of that pension; and

(ii)

if he has, before such appointment, received in lieu of a portion of the pension due to him in respect of such previous service, the commuted value thereof, by the amount of that portion of the pension;[or] * * * * *

(b)

is in receipt of any benefit by way of contributory provident fund, his emoluments shall be reduced by the pension equivalent of such benefit.

Amendment notes (4)
  1. Subs w.e.f. 1-1-2006 Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "rupees thirty-six thousand per mensem" (w.e.f.1-1-2006).
  2. Subs Subs. by Act 13 of 2018, s 161, for "one lakh ten thousand" (w.e.f 1-1-2016).
  3. Subs w.e.f. 1-6-1988 Subs. by Act 1 of 1994, s. 2, for "and" (w.e.f. 1-6-1988).
  4. omitted w.e.f. 1-6-1988 . Sub-clause (iii) omitted by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-6-1988).