Section 4:
Residence for Leaders of Opposition.
(1) Each Leader of the Opposition shall, so long as he
continues as such Leader and for a period of one month immediately thereafter, be entitled without
payment of rent to the use of a furnished residence and no charge shall fall on the Leader of the
Opposition personally in respect of the maintenance of such residence.
(2) In the event of the death of a Leader of the Opposition, his family shall be entitled to the use of
the furnished residence occupied by him--
(a) for a period of one month immediately after his death, without payment of rent and no charge
shall fall on his family in respect of the maintenance of such residence; and
(b) for a further period of one month, on payment of rent at such rates as may be prescribed by
rules made in this behalf by the Central Government and also charges in respect of electricity and
water consumed in that residence during such further period.
Explanation.--For the purposes of this section, "residence" includes the staff quarters and other
buildings appurtenant thereto, and the garden thereof, and "maintenance" in relation to a residence
includes the payment of local rates and taxes and the provision of electricity and water.