5.(1) The provision in section forty-seven of the principal Act, that two of the members of the executive council of the governor of a province must have been for at least twelve years in the service of the Crown in India, shall have effect as though ‘one’ were substituted for ‘two’, and the provision in that section that the Commander-in-chief of His Majesty’s Forces in India, if resident at Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay, shall, during his continuance there, be a member of the governor’s council, shall cease to have effect.
(2) Provision may be made by rules under the principal Act as to the qualifications to be required in respect of members of the executive council of the governor of a province in any case where such provision is not made by section forty-seven of the principal Act as amended by this section.