Section 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

(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.