Term of office and other conditions of service of Lokpal

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1. A person appointed as the Chairperson or member of Lokpal shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office; Provided further that.- 
• the Chairperson or member of Lokpal may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office;
• the Chairperson or member may be removed from office in the manner provided in this Act.
2.  There shall be paid to the Chairperson and each member every month a salary equal to that of the Chief Justice of India and that of the judge of the Supreme Court respectively;
3. The allowances and pension payable to and other conditions of service of the Chairperson or a member shall be such as may be prescribed; Provided that the allowances and pension payable to and other conditions of service of the Chairperson or members shall not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment.
4. The administrative expenses of the office of the Lokpal including all salaries, allowances and pensions payable to or in respect of persons serving in that office, shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India.
5. There shall be a separate fund by the name of “Lokpal fund” in which penalties/fines imposed by the Lokpal shall be deposited and in which 10% of the loss of Public Money detected/prevented on account of investigations by Lokpal shall also be deposited by the Government. Disposal of such fund shall be completely at the discretion of the Lokpal and such fund shall be used only for enhancement/upgradation/extension of the infrastructure of Lokpal.
6. The Chairperson or members shall not be eligible for appointment on any position in Government of India or Government of any state or for fighting elections, if he has ever held the position of the Chairperson or a member for any period. Provided however that a member or Chairperson may be reappointed for one more term or a member may be appointed as the Chairperson, however, that any person shall not serve for more than a total of two terms.

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