f the Irish Free
State and of Northern Ireland respectively.

and if at any such meeting provisions are agreed to, the same shall have
effect as if they were included amongst the provisions subject to which
the powers of the Parliament and Government of the Irish Free State are
to be exercisable in Northern Ireland under Article 14 hereof.

16. Neither the Parliament of the Irish Free State nor the Parliament of
Northern Ireland shall make any law so as either directly or indirectly to
endow any religion or prohibit or restrict the free exercise thereof or
give any preference or impose any disability on account of religious
belief or religious status or affect prejudicially the right of any child
to attend a school receiving public money without attending the religious
instruction at the school or make any discrimination as respects State aid
between schools under the management of different religious denominations
or divert from any religious denomination or any educational institution
any of its property except for public utility purposes and on payment of
compensation.

17. By way of provisional arrangement for the administration of Southern
Ireland during the interval which must elapse between the date hereof and
the constitution of a Parliament and Government of the Irish Free State in
accordance therewith, steps shall be taken forthwith for summoning a
meeting of members of Parliament elected for constituencies in Southern
Ireland since the passing of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, and for
constituting a provisional Government, and the British Government shall
take the steps necessary to transfer to such provisional Government the
powers and machinery requisite for the discharge of its duties, provided
that every member of such provisional Government shall have signified in
writing his or her acceptance of this instrument. But this arrangement
shall not continue in force beyond the expiration of twelve months from
the date hereof.

18. This instrument shall be submitted forthwith by His Majesty's
Government for the approval of Parliament and by the Irish signatories to
a meeting summoned for the purpose of the members elected to sit in the
House of Commons of Southern Ireland, and if approved shall be ratified by
the necessary legislation.

(Signed)

On behalf of the British Delegation,
D. LLOYD GEORGE.
AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
BIRKENHEAD.
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL.
L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS.