§ (6) His Majesty may by Order in Council declare that the holders of the offices in the executive of Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland named in the Order shall not be disqualified for being Members of the House of Commons or Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively by reason of holding office under the Crown, and except as otherwise provided by Act of the Parliament of Southern Ireland or Northern Ireland, the Order shall have effect as if it were enacted in this Act, but on acceptance of any such office the seat of any such person in the House of Commons of Southern Ireland or Northern Ireland shall not be vacated.
§ Amendment made: In Sub-section (6) leave out the word "but" ["but on acceptance "] and insert instead thereof the word "and."—[Sir L. Worthington-Evans.