This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
The number of Principal Secretaries of State and Under Secretaries capable of sitting and voting in the Commons House of Parliament shall be increased to five, and accordingly section four of the [21 & 22 Vict. c. 106.] Government of India Act, 1858, and section one of the [27 & 28 Vict. c. 34.] House of Commons (Vacation of Seats) Act, 1864, shall have effect as if the word "five" was substituted for the word " four " wherever that word occurs in those sections:
Provided that nothing in this provision shall affect the operation of section nine of the New Ministries and Secretaries Act, 1916, so long as that section continues in force.
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