 the president's pension (amend- ment) bi~ 1962(as inftodvcid in lok sabra on 1st june, 1962)  the president's pension (amendment) bill, 1962 (as introduced in lok sabha) a billto 4mem the president', pension act, 1951 be it enacted by parliament in the thirteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the president's pension (amendment) short title act, 1962 30 of 1951 2 section 2 of the president's pension act, 1951 (hereinafter :rc;:t~ referred to as the principal act) shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof and-(i) in sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the proviso shall be omitted; and (ii) after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:-u (2) subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, every such person shall, for the remainder of his life, be entitled-(a) tp secretarial staft and oilce expedlel, the total expenditure on which shall dot exceed twelve thousand rupees per annum; and (b) to medical ttendance and treatment, &ee of charge (3) where any such person is re-elected to the oftlce of president, he shall not be entitled to any benefit under this section for the period during which he again holds that ofbce" a  ' 3 in section 4 of the principal act, for the word '"pension", the 01 iiictl_ 4· word "sum" shall be substituted idiutlod of to after section 4 of the principal act, the following section shall s -;:" 1icti01l be inserted, namel~:-power to "5 the central government may, by notification in the  rulea omcial gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act"  statement of objects and reasonsunder the president's pension act, 1951, a retiring president of india and the last governor-general are entitled to a pension of rs 15,000/- per annum for life a person holding the high ofbce of president has even after retirement many public calls on him it is, therefore, considered desirable to provide him with secretarial staff and office expenses out of public funds 2 during his term of office, the president is entitled to free medical care and treatment it is considered desirable that he should be entitled to free medical attendance and treatment even after retirement hence, the bill nb'w j)am: the 21st may, 1962 lal bahadur the bill provides for secretarial staff and office expenses at a oost-flot--exceedingrs 12,000 a year it also provides for free medical care and attendance for the retiring president the cost of -such mediealeare and treatment cannot naturally be estimated beforehand -add-will depend on the advice of the medical authorities from tame -totjme ,- memorandum regarding delegated legislationthe proposed section 5 e~p'~wers  ~he central govenunent to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act the niles will prqvidefqr ~, staff which may be engaged for the president and t4eir ~arie,  rt4~  will; al8o pe 1i;~~~ • fqr~p~9y1?~ ,tree" mcfjwal attendance and treatment for the retiring president  'the d~~,,~qo i of legislative powers is thus of a normal character     annexure the president's pdsion act, 1951 (30 of 1951)[13th may, 1951] an act to provide for the payment of pensions to retiring presidents be it enacted by parliament as follows:-1 this act may be called the president's pension act, 1951 short title z there shall be paid to every person who ceases to hold office ~= ~ 88 president, either by the expiration of his term of office or by licledtl resignation of his office, a pension of fifteen thousand rupees per annum for the remainder of his life: provided that, where any such person is re-elected to that office, no pension shall be payable for the period during which he again holds office as president 3 the provisions of section 2 shall apply to the person who held ~~~ d:-office as the last governor-general of india as they shall apply to vemor- gcany person who ceases to hold office as president delst "" any pension payable under this act shall be charged on the t:=o cqdioudated fund of india od the cod-ioltdated pudd of iqdja - - a bill to amend the president's pension act, 1951 the president has, in pursuance of clauses (i) and (3) of article 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to lok sabha the introduction and consideration of the bill 