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Article 59

Part V — The Union · Constitution of India

Article 59

Conditions of President's office. (1) The President shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State, and if a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State be elected President, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as President. (2) The President shall not hold any other office of profit. (3) The President shall be entitled without payment of rent to the use of his official residences and shall be also entitled to such emoluments, allowances and privileges as may be determined by Parliament by law and, until provision in that behalf is so made, such emoluments, allowances and privileges as are specified in the Second Schedule. (4) The emoluments and allowances of the President shall not be diminished during his term of office.

In plain wordsThe President cannot sit in Parliament or any state legislature and cannot hold any other paid office. Parliament fixes the President's salary and perks, and that pay cannot be reduced while the President is in office, which protects the office from pressure.
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