Section 40: Saving for certain persons as committee members

(1)
Notwithstanding the provisions of any Act or rule of law, the seat of a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives or of the House of Assembly of any State shall not become vacant, nor shall any person be incapable of election or appointment, as the case may be, to the Senate or the House of Representatives or the House of Assembly of any State by reason of his appointment to any committee under this Act:
Provided that no person being a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives or of the House of Assembly of any State shall be entitled to receive payment in respect of his services as a member of any committeee other than such travelling allowances and expenses as may be prescribed or allowed under this Act.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, "committee" includes the Advisory Council.