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124. A new State may be formed by separation of territory from a State, but only with the consent of the Parliament thereof, and a new State may be formed by the union of two or more States or parts of States, but only with the consent of the Parliaments of the States affected.

CHAPTER VII.-MISCELLANEOUS

125. The seat of Government of the Commonwealth shall be determined by the Parliament, and shall be within territory which shall have been granted to or acquired by the Commonwealth, and shall be vested in and belong to the Commonwealth, and shall be in the State of New South Wales, and be distant not less than one hundred miles from Sydney.

Such territory shall contain an area of not less than one hundred square miles, and such portion thereof as shall consist of Crown lands shall be granted to the Commonwealth without any payment therefor.

The Parliament shall sit at Melbourne until it meet at the seat of Government.

126. The Queen may authorize the Governor General to appoint any person, or any persons jointly or severally, to be his deputy or deputies within any part of the Commonwealth, and in that capacity to exercise during the pleasure of the Governor General such powers and functions of the Governor General as he thinks fit to assign to such deputy or deputies, subject to any limitations expressed or directions given by the Queen; but the appointment of such deputy or deputies shall not affect the exercise by the Governor General himself of any power or function.

127. In reckoning the numbers of the people of the

Commonwealth, or of a State or other part of the Commonwealth, aboriginal natives shall not be counted.

CHAPTER VIII.-ALTERATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

128. This Constitution shall not be altered except in the following manner:

The proposed law for the alteration thereof must be passed by an absolute majority of each House of the Parliament, and not less than two or more than six months after its passage through both Houses the proposed law shall be submitted in each State to the electors qualified to vote for the election of members of the House of Representatives.

But if either House passes any such proposed law by an absolute majority, and the other House rejects or fails to pass it or passes it with any amendment to which the first-mentioned House will not agree, and if after an interval of three months the first-mentioned House in the same or the next session again passes the proposed law by an absolute majority with or without any amendment which has been made or agreed to by the other House, and such other House rejects or fails to pass it or passes it with any amendment to which the first-mentioned House will not agree, the Governor General may submit the proposed law as last proposed by the first-mentioned House, and either with or without any amendments subsequently agreed to by both Houses, to the electors in each State qualified to vote for the election of the House of Representatives.

When a proposed law is submitted to the electors the vote shall be taken in such manner as the Parliament prescribes. But until the qualification of electors of members

of the House of Representatives becomes uniform throughout the Commonwealth, only one-half the electors voting for and against the proposed law shall be counted in any State in which adult suffrage prevails.

And if in a majority of the States a majority of the electors voting approve the proposed law, and if a majority of all the electors voting also approve the proposed law, it shall be presented to the Governor General for the Queen's assent.

No alteration diminishing the proportionate representation of any State in either House of the Parliament, or the minimum number of representatives of a State in the House of Representatives, or increasing, diminishing, or otherwise altering the limits of the State, or in any manner affecting the provisions of the Constitution in relation thereto, shall become law unless the majority of the electors voting in that State approve the proposed law.

SCHEDULE

Oath

I, A. B., do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors according to law. So help me God!

Affirmation

I, A. B., do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors according to law.

NOTE. The name of the King or Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being is to be substituted from time to time.

CONSTITUTION ALTERATION

(SENATE ELECTIONS)

No. 1 of 1907

An Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution relating to the election of Senators.

Be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, with the approval of the electors, as required by the Constitution, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906.

2. Section thirteen of the Constitution is altered(a) by omitting the words "the third year," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "three years"; (b) by omitting the words "the sixth year,” and inserting in lieu thereof the words "six years"; (c) by omitting the words "in the year at the expiration of which," and inserting in lieu thereof "within one year before";

(d) by omitting the word "January" wherever it occurs, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "July".

3.—(1) The terms of service of the Senators whose places would, but for this Act, become vacant at the expiration of the year one thousand nine hundred and nine are extended until the thirtieth day of June one thousand nine hundred and ten.

(2) The terms of service of the Senators whose places

1 Knowles, vol. I, p. 28.

would, but for this Act, become vacant at the expiration of the year one thousand nine hundred and twelve are extended until the thirtieth day of June one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

4. This Act shall not be taken to alter the time of beginning of the term of service of any Senator elected in the year one thousand nine hundred and six.

CONSTITUTION ALTERATION1

(STATE DEBTS)

No. 3 of 1910

An Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution relating to the public debts of the States.

Be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, with the approval of the electors, as required by the Constitution, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as Constitution Alteration (State Debts) 1909.

2. Section one hundred and five of the Constitution is altered by omitting the words "as existing at the establishment of the Commonwealth."

1 Knowles, vol. I, p. 29.

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