3Secretary may sit in Parliament.

The Secretary, if not a member of the House of Lords, shall, if otherwise qualified, be capable of being elected to and of voting in the Commons House of Parliament, and the office of Secretary shall be deemed to be an office included in Schedule H. of the [30 & 31 Vict. c. 102.] Representation of the People Act, 1867; in Schedule H. of the [31 & 32 Vict. c. 48.] Representation of the People (Scotland) Act, 1868 ; in Schedule E. of the [31 & 32 Vict. c. 49.] Representation of the People (Ireland) Act, 1868; and in Part First of the schedule of the Promissory Oaths Act, 1868, as regards England.