The Short Title of this Act is “The Payment of Members Act Amendment Act, 1893.”

“The Payment of Members Act, 1892” (herein referred to as “the said Act”), shall be read and take effect, after the passing of this Act, with the following omissions and substitutions therein, that is to say:—

In section four, the second paragraph shall be omitted, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—

And such payment shall be payable out of the Consolidated Fund by equal monthly payments on the last day of each and every month in each year to every such member: if a member of the Legislative Council, from the time of his appointment thereto by the Governor until his seat becomes vacant by death or the effluxion of the time of his appointment, as the case may be, or otherwise in any manner; or, if a member of the House of Representatives, from the date of the return of the writ of his election, until his seat becomes vacant by death, or otherwise in any manner, or until the expiry by effluxion of time or the dissolution of the Parliament for which he was elected, as the case may be.

Subsections one and two of section five are hereby repealed, and the following substituted in lieu hereof:—

In section six, the words “in respect of any session or in respect of any part of any session during which such member,” shall be omitted, and the following substituted in lieu thereof: “in respect of any period during which such member.”