The Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1982
# THE GOVERNORS (EMOLUMENTS, ALLOWANCES AND PRIVILEGES) ACT, 1982
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 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS


1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Emoluments.
4. Leave allowance.
5. Use and maintenance of official residences.
6. Household establishment.
7. Medical treatment
8. Conveyance.
9. Traveling allowance on assumption or vacation of office.
10. Allowances for renewing furnishings and for maintenance of official residences.
11. Other privileges and allowances.
12. Additional expenses.
12A. Entitlement of ex-Governor to secretarial assistance.
13. Power to make rules.
14. Validation.
15. Saving.

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# THE GOVERNORS (EMOLUMENTS, ALLOWANCES AND PRIVILEGES) ACT, 1982


# ACT NO. 43 OF 1982

[28th August, 1982.]

# An Act to determine the emoluments, allowances and privileges of Governors.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

**1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Governors**

(Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1982.

(2) It extends to the whole of India [1]***.

(3) It shall come into force on such date[2] as the Central Government may, by notification in the

Official Gazette, appoint.

**2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—**

3[(a) “ex-Governor” means a person who has been the Governor of a State or two or more States;

(aa) “Governor” means the Governor, or any person discharging the functions of the Governor, of

any State or of two or more States;]

(b) “maintenance”,—

(i) in relation to official residences, includes the provision of electricity, gas and water;

(ii) in relation to motor vehicles, includes the pay and allowances of chauffeurs and the

provision of oil and petrol or other fuel;

(c) “members of the family”, in relation to a Governor, means the [4][spouse, dependent children

and the dependent parents] of the Governor;

(d) “official residences”, in relation to a Governor, means such residences as may be specified by

the President, by notification in the Official Gazette, as the official residences of the Governor and
includes the staff quarters and other buildings appurtenant thereto and the gardens thereof;

(e) “rules” means rules made under this Act;

(f) “State” does not include a Union territory.

**3. Emoluments.—There shall be paid to every Governor emoluments at the rate of [5][rupees** [6][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

1. The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule
(w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
2. 1st April 1987, _vide_ notification No. G.S.R. 342(E), dated 30th March, 1987, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,

sec. 3(i).

3. Subs. by Act 8 of 2014, s. 2, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 4-3-2014).
4. Subs. by Act 1 of 2009, s. 2, for “spouse and the dependent children” (w.e.f. 1-1-2007).
5. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for “rupees thirty-six thousand per mensem” (w.e.f.1-1-2006).
6. Subs. by Act 13 of 2018, s 161, for “one lakh ten thousand” (w.e.f 1-1-2016).

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(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;[1][or]

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(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.

**4. Leave allowance.—(1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf, the President shall grant such**

leave to a Governor as he may consider necessary.

(2) Where a Governor is granted leave by the President, he shall, during the period of such leave, be

paid leave allowance at such rate as the President may by order determine:

Provided that such leave allowance shall be reduced to the extent, if any, to which the emoluments of

the Governor are liable to be reduced under the proviso to section 3.

**5. Use and maintenance of official residences.—A Governor shall be entitled, without payment of**

rent, to the use of his official residences throughout his term of office and no charge shall fall on the
Governor personally in respect of the furnishing or the maintenance of such residences.

**6. Household establishment.—Subject to any rules made in this behalf, no charge shall fall on a**

Governor personally in respect of pay, allowances or pension or other emoluments paid to, or facilities
provided for, the members of the household establishment provided to the Governor.

**7. Medical treatment.—Subject to any rules made in this behalf, a Governor and the members of his**

family shall be entitled during the term of his office and thereafter also, to free medical attendance,
accommodation and treatment in the hospitals maintained by the Central Government or the Government
of any State.

**8. Conveyance.—(1) A Governor shall be entitled to use without payment of rent or hire, such**

number of motor vehicles as the President may by order determine.

(2) No charge shall fall on a Governor personally in respect of the maintenance of the motor vehicles

referred to in sub-section (1).

(3) The use of the motor vehicles referred to in sub-section (1) by the members of the family of a

Governor shall be regulated by rules made in this behalf.

**9. Traveling allowance on assumption or vacation of office.—Subject to any rules made in this**

behalf, a Governor shall be entitled to traveling allowance for himself and the members of his family and
for the transport of his and his family’s effects—

(a) in respect of the journey for assuming office from the place where he is ordinarily residing to

the place of his duty; and

(b) in respect of the journey on relinquishing office from the place of his duty to the place where

he would ordinarily reside thereafter or if he is to take up any other office under the Government
(including the office of the Governor of another State) after such relinquishment, to the place of duty
with respect to such other office.

**10. Allowances for renewing furnishings and for maintenance of official residences.—Subject to**

any rules made in this behalf, a Governor shall be entitled to such allowances for renewing the furnishings
and for the maintenance of the official residences, as the President may by order determine.

1. Subs. by Act 1 of 1994, s. 2, for “and” (w.e.f. 1-6-1988).
2. Sub-clause (iii) omitted by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-6-1988).

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**11. Other privileges and allowances.—For the purpose of enabling a Governor to discharge**

conveniently and with dignity the duties of his office, he shall be—

(i) entitled to such other privileges as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf, and

(ii) paid, subject to any rules made in this behalf, such amount, as the President may, by general

or special order, determine by way of the following, namely:—

(a) entertainment allowance;

(b) hospitality grant;

(c) household establishment expenses;

(d) office expenses;

(e) contract allowance, i.e., an allowance for miscellaneous expenses;

(f) tour expenses; and

(g) such other allowances or expenses as may be provided for by rules.

**12. Additional expenses.—(1) Where, in the case of any Governor, the President is satisfied that the**

amount authorised under this Act by way of any allowances or for meeting any expenses with respect to
any matter requires to be increased or that a need has arisen to sanction expenses with respect to any
matter for which provision, though permissible, has not been made in the rules made under this Act, he
may by special order increase such amount or sanction such expenses to such extent as may be specified
in such order.

(2) An order may be made under sub-section (1) so as to have retrospective effect.

(3) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before both

Houses of Parliament.

**1[12A. Entitlement of ex-Governor to secretarial assistance.—Subject to any rules made in this**

behalf, the ex-Governor shall, for the remainder of his life, be entitled to secretarial assistance of one
Personal Assistant on reimbursement basis:

Provided that where such ex-Governor is re-appointed to the office of the Governor or elected to

Parliament or the State Legislature or appointed to any office of profit under the Union or a State
Government, he shall not be entitled for such secretarial assistance for the period during which he holds
such office.]

**13. Power to make rules.—(1) The President may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules**

for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—

(a) grant of leave to a Governor under Section 4;

(b) matters relating to the household establishment provided to a Governor under section 6;

(c) medical attendance, accommodation and treatment of a Governor and the members of his

family under section 7;

(d) the use of motor vehicles by the members of the family of a Governor under sub-section (3) of

section 8;

(e) the travelling allowance on assumption or vacation of office of a Governor under section 9;

1. Ins. by Act 8 of 2014, s. 3 (w.e.f. 4-3-2014).

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(f) allowance for renewing the furnishings and for the maintenance of the official residences

under section 10;

(g) the privileges to which a Governor is entitled and the allowances or expenses payable to a

Governor under section 11;

1[(h) the manner of providing secretarial assistance and reimbursement under section 12A.]

(3) Every rule made by the President under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made,

before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days, which may be
comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session
immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any
modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter
have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such
modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under
that rule.

**14. Validation.—(1) Every special order issued, before the commencement of this Act, by the**

President in regard to the allowances, expenses (including medical expenses) or privileges of any
Governor (other than the Governor of Nagaland) shall, notwithstanding that such order was made with
retrospective effect, or is inconsistent with any general order issued under any law with respect to those
matters, be as valid and effective as if such special order formed part of this sub-section and this subsection had been in force at all material times.

(2) Every general or special order issued, before the commencement of this Act, by the President in

regard to the allowances, expenses (including medical expenses) or privileges of the Governor of
Nagaland shall, notwithstanding that such order was made with retrospective effect, be as valid and
effective as if it formed part of this sub-section and this sub-section had been in force at all material times.

**15. Saving.—Nothing contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder shall have effect so as to**

diminish the emoluments and allowances of any Governor during his term of office.

1. Ins. by Act 8 of 2014, s. 4 (w.e.f. 4-3-2014).

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