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 * (a) Governor, Chief Minister or other Minister or member of the Supreme Council, Speaker or member of the Council Negri, a member of the Commission, a member of the Pardons Board constituted for the State under the Federal Constitution, the President of the Majlis Islam, the Mufti, or any Headman as defined iû the Local Authority Ordinance ; or


 * (b) save in so far as the Legislature may by law prescribe, a member of any council, board, panel, committee or other similar body (whether incorporated or not) established by or under any law.


 * (3) In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the holder of an office by the terms designating his office shall be construed as including a reference to any person for the time being acting in that office.


 * (4) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Constitution to a specified Part or Article or to the Schedule is a reference to that Part or Article of, or to the Schedule to, this Constitution and any reference to a clause or paragraph is a reference to that clause of the Article or paragraph of the clause in which the reference occurs.


 * (5) The Interpretation Ordinance, as in force at the commencement of this Constitution, shall apply for the purpose of interpreting this Constitution and otherwise in relation thereto as it applies for the purpose of interpreting and otherwise in relation to a written law within the meaning of that Ordinance.


 * 45. Subject to the provisions of Part VI, this Constitution shall come into operation immediately before Malaysia Day.


 * 46. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Article and to any provision made on or after Malaysia Day by or under Federal law or State law, all existing laws shall on and after the commencement of this Constitution continue to have effect but shall be construed with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the provisions of this Constitution.


 * (2) Subject as aforesaid and without prejudice to the generality of clause (1), references in any existing law to the Colony of Sarawak or any officer holding office under the Government of the Colony or to any authority or body constituted in or for the Colony shall be construed on and after the commencement of this Constitution as references to the State or to the corresponding officer, authority or body respectively.