(8) The draft of every Order in Council under this section shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament for not less than two months before it is made, and such order when made shall, subject as respects Ireland to the provisions of an Irish Act, have full effect, but shall not interfere with the continued application to any place, authority, person, or thing, not in Ireland, of the enactment to which the Order relates. [Sidenote: Continuance of existing laws, courts, offices, etc.] =37.=--Except as otherwise provided by this Act, all existing laws, institutions, authorities, and officers in Ireland, whether judicial, administrative, or ministerial, and all existing taxes in Ireland shall continue as if this Act had not passed, but with the modifications necessary for adapting the same to this Act, and subject to be repealed, abolished, altered, and adapted in the manner and to the extent authorised by this Act. [Sidenote: Appointed day.] =38.=--Subject as in this Act mentioned the appointed day for the purposes of this Act shall be the day of the first meeting of the Irish Legislature, or such other day not more than _seven_ months earlier or later as may be fixed by order of Her Majesty in Council either generally or with reference to any particular provision of this Act, and different days may be appointed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act, whether contained in the same section or in different sections. [Sidenote: Definitions.] =39.=--In this Act unless the context otherwise requires-- The expression 'existing' means existing at the passing of this Act. The expression 'constituency' means a parliamentary constituency or a county or borough returning a member or members to serve in either House of the Irish Legislature, as the case requires, and the expression 'parliamentary constituency' means any county, borough, or university returning a member or members to serve in Parliament. The expression 'parliamentary elector' means a person entitled to be registered as a voter at a parliamentary election. The expression 'parliamentary election' means the election of a member to serve in Parliament. The expression 'tax' includes duties and fees, and the expression 'duties of excise' does not include licence duties. The expression 'foreign mails' means all postal packets, whether letters, parcels, or other packets, posted in the United Kingdom and sent to a place out of the United Kingdom, or posted in a place out of the United Kingdom and sent to a place in the United Kingdom, or in transit through the United Kingdom to a place out of the United Kingdom. The expression 'telegraphic line' has the same meaning as in the Telegraphs Acts, 1863 to 1892.