 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bull provides for amendment of section 4 of the special protection group act, 1988 so as to extend the cover of proximate security under the special protection group act or any other security, on the basis of level of threat, to former plime mintster and their immediate family members even beyond the penod of ten years 2 with the proposed amendment, t 15 not intended to create any new post and the existing personnel of the special protection group or those manning alternate security will provide protection to former prime ministers and their immediate family members even beyond the period of ten years on the basis of level of threat faced by them 3 in view thereof, the provisions of the bill, if enacted and brought into operation, would not involve any additional expenditure from the consolidated fund of india memorandum explaining the modification contained in the bill to rcplace the special protection group (amendment) ordinance 1999 the special protection group (amendment) bill 1999) which sceks to teplace the special protection group (amendment) ordinance, 1999 proposes to make modification in clause 2 of the bill to enable the immediate family members of the prime minister to decline proximate security 2 the proposed modification secks to clarity that the proximate securtty may be declined by tmmediate family members of the prime minister and is in accordance with the amendment made in section 4 of the special protection group act 1988 by the special protection group (amendment) act 1991 annexure extracts from the special protection group act, 1988(34 of 1988)      constitution of 4 (j) there shall be an armed force of the union called the special protection the group group for providing proximate security to— - (8) the prime minister and the members of his immediate family; and (ii) any former prime minister or to the members of his immediate family for a period of ten years from the date on which the former prime minister ceased to hold the office of the prime minister: provided that any former prime minister or any member of the immediate family of the prime minister or of a former prime minister may decline such proximate security     