V.  Australien.  1395  251.  Australia.

The  Constitution.
This  Constitution  is  divided  as  follows  :—
Chapter  I.  The  Parliament.
Part  I.  General.
Part  II.  The  Senate.
Part  III.  The  House  of  Representatives.
Part  IV.  Both  Houses  of  Parliament.
Part  V.  Powers  of  the  Parliament.
Chapter  II.  The  Executive  Government.
Chapter  III.  The  Judicature.
Chapter  IV.  Finance  and  Trade.
Chapter   V.  The  States.
Chapter  VI.  New  States.
Chapter.  VII.  Miscellaneous.
Chapter  VIII.  Alteration  of  the  Constitution.  The  Schedule.

Chapter  I.  The  Parliament,
PartI  General.

1.  The  legislative  power  of  the  Commonwealth  shall  be  vested  in  a  Federal
Parliament,  which  shall  consist  of  the  Queen,  a  Senate,  and  a  House  of  Representatives,
  and  which  is  hereinafter  called  ‘The  Parliament”,  or  ‘The  Parliament  of
the  Commonwealth”.

2.  A  Governor-General  appointed  by  the  Queen  shall  be  Her  Majesty’s  representative
  in  theCommonwealth,  and  shall  have  and  may  exercise  in  the  Commonwealth
during  the  Queen’s  pleasure,  but  subject  to  the  Constitution,  such  powers  and
functions  of  the  Queen  as  her  Majesty  may  be  pleased  to  assign  to  him.

There  shall  be  payable  to  the  Queen  out  of  the  Consolidated  Revenue  Fund
of  the  Commonwealth,  for  the  salary  of  the  Governor-General,  an  annual  sum  which,
until  the  Parliament  otherwise  provides,  shall  be  Ten  thousand  pounds.

The  salary  of  a  Governor-General  shall  not  be  altered  during  his  continuance
‚in  office.

4.  The  provisions.  of  this  Constitution  relating  to  the  Governor-General  extend
and  apply  to  the  Governor-General  for  the  time  being,  or  such  ‚person  as  the  Queen
may  appoint  to  administer  the  Government  of  the  Commonwealth;  but  no  such
person  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  any  salary  from  the  Commonwealth  in  respect
of  any  other  office  during  the  administration  of  the  Government  of  the  Commonwealth.

:5.  The  Governor-General  may  appoint  such  times  for  ‚holding  the  sessions
of  the  Parliament  as  he  thinks  fit,  and  may  also  from  time  to  time,  by  Proclamation
or  otherwise,  prorogue  the  Parliament,  and  may  in  like  manner  dissolve  the  House
of  Representatives.

After  any  general  election  the  Parliament  shall  be  summoned  to  meet  not  later
than  thirty  days  after  the  day  appointed  for  the  return  of  the  writs.

The  Parliament.  shall  be  summoned  to  meet  not  later  than  six  months  after
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