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(III.)  Is  an  undischarged  bankrupt  or  insolvent:  or

(IV.)  Holds  any  office  of  profit  under  the  Crown,  or  any  pension  payable
during  the  pleasure  of  the  Crown  out  of  any  of  the  revenues  of  the  Commonwealth:  or

(V.)  Has  any  direct  or  indirect  pecuniary  interest  in  any  agreement  with  the
public  service  of  the  Commonwealth,  otherwise  than  as  a  member  and  in  common
with  the  other  members  of  an  incorporated  company  consisting  of  more  than  twentyfive
  persons:

shall  be  incapable  of  being  chosen  or  of  sitting  as  a  senator  or  a  member  of  the
House  of  Representatives.

.  But  sub-section  IV  does  not  apply  to  the  office  of  any  of  the  Queen’s  Ministers
of  State  for  the  Commonwealth  or  of  any  of  the  Queen’s  ministers  for  a  State,  or
to  the  receipt  of  pay,  half-pay,  or  a  pension  by  any  person  as  an  officer  member  of
the  Queen’s  navy  or  army,  or  to  the  receipt  of  pay  as  an  officer  or.  member  of  the
naval  or  military  forces  of  the  Commonwealth  by  any  person  whose  services  are  not
wholly  employed  by  the  Commonwealth.

45.  If  a  senator  or  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives—

(I.)  Becomes  subject  to  any  of  the  liabilities  mentioned  in  the  last  preceding
section:  or

(II.)  Takes  the  benefit,  whether  by  assignment,  composition,  or  otherwise,
of  any  law  relating  to  bankrupt  or  insolvent  debtors  or:

(III.)  Directly  or  indirectly  takes  or  agrees  to  take  any  fee  or  honorarium  for
services  rendered  to  the  Commonwealth,  or  for  services  rendered  in  the  Parliament
to  any  person  or  State:

his  place  shall  thereupon  become  vacant.

46.  Until  the  Parliameent  otherwise  provides,  any  person  declared  by  this
Constitution  to  be  incapable  of  sitting  as  a  senator  or  as  a  member  of  the  House  of
Representatives  shall,  for  every  day  on  which  he  so  sits,  be  liable  to  pay  the  sum
of  one  hundred  pounds  to  any  person  who  sues  for  it  in  any  court  of  competent
jurisdiction.

47.  Until  the  Parliament  otherwise  provides,  any  question  respecting  the
qualification  of  a  senator  or  of  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  or  respecting
  a  vacancy  in  either  House  of  the  Parliament,  and  any  question  of  a  disputed
election  to  either  House,  shall  be  determined  by  the  House  in  which  the  question  arises,

48.  Until  the  Parliament‘  otherwise  provides,  each  senator  and  each  member
of  the  House  of  Representatives  shall  receive  an  allowance  of  Four  hundred  pounds
a  year,  to  be  reckoned  from  the  day  on  which  he  takes  his  seat.

49.  The  powers,  privileges,  and  immunities  of  the  Senate  and  of  the  House
of  Representatives,  and  of  the  members  and  the  committees  of  each  House,  shall
be  such  as  are  declared  by  the  Parliament,  and  until  declared  shall  be  those  of  the
Commons  House  of  Parliament  of  the  United  Kingdom,  and  of  its  members  and
committees,  at  the  establishment  of  the  Commonwealth.

50.  Each  House  of  the  Parliament  may  make  rules  and  orders  with  respect  t0:—
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