V.  Australien.  1405  251.  Australia,

‘The  members  present  at  the  joint  sitting  may  deliberate  and  shall  vote  together
‚upon  the  proposed  law  as  last  proposed  by  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  upon
amendments,  if  any,  which  have  been  made  therein  by  one  House  and  not  agreed
to  by  the  other,  and  any  such  amendments  which  are  affirmed  by  an  absolute
majority  of  the  total  number  of  the  members  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives
  shall  be  taken  to  have  been  carried,  and  if  the  proposed  law,  with  the  amendments,
  if  any,  so  carried  is  affirmed  by  an  absolute  majority  of  the  total  number  of
the  members  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  it  shall  be  taken  to  have
been  duly  passed  by  both  Houses  of  the  Parliament,  and  shall  be  presented  to  the
Governor-General  for  the  Queen’s  assent.

58.  When  a  proposed  law,  passed  by  both  Houses  of  the  Parliament,  is  presented
  to  the  Governor-General  for  the  Queen’s  assent,  he  shall  declare,  according
to  his  discretion,  but  subject  to  this  Constitution,  that  he  assents  in  the  Queen’s
name,  or  that  he  withholds  assent,  or  that  hereserves  the  law  for  the  Queen’s  pleasure.

59.  The  Queen  may  disallow  any  law  within  one  year  from  the  Governor-General’s
  assent,  and  such  disallowance  on  being  made  known  by  the  Governor-General,
  by  speech  or  message  to  each  of  the  Houses  of  the  Parliament,  or  by  Proclamation,
  shall  annul  the  law  from  the  day  when  the  disallowance  is  so  made  known.

60.  A  proposed  law  reserved  for  the  Queen’s  pleasure  shall  not  have  any  force
unless  and  until  within  two  years  from  the  day  on  which  it  was  presented  to  the
Governor-General  for  the  Queen’s  assent  the  Governor-General  makes  known,  by
speech  or  message  to  each  of  the  Houses  of  the  Parliament,  or  by  Proclamation,  that
it  has  received  the  Queen’s  assent.

Chapter  IL.  The  Executive  Government.

61.  The  executive  power  of  the  Commonwealth  is  vested  in  the  Queen,  and
is  exercisable  by  the  Governor-General  as  the  Queen’s  representative,  and  extends
to  the  execution  and  maintenance  of  this  Constitution,  and  of  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth.


‚62.  There  shall  be  a  Federal  Executive  Council  to  advise  the  Governor-General
in  the  government  of  tlıe  Commonwealth,  and  the  members  of  the  Council  shall  be
.chosen  and  summoned  by  the  Governor-General  and  sworn  as  Executive  Couneillors,
and  shall  hold  office  during  his  pleasure.

63.  The  provisions  of  this  Constitution  referring  to  the  Governor-General  in
Council  shall  be  construed  as  referring  to  the  Governor-General  acting  with  the
advice  of  the  Federal  Executive  Council.  u

-64.  The  Governor-General  may  appoint  officers  to  administer  such  depart-‚ments
  of  State  of  the  Commonwealth  as  the  Governor-General  in  Council  may
establish.  |

Such  officers  shall  hold  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Governor-General.
They  shall  be  members  of  the  Federal  Executive  Council  and  shall  be  the  Queen’s
Ministers  of  State  for  the  Commonwealth.