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Part I: General
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Part II: The Senate
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Part III: The House of Representatives
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Part IV: Both Houses of the Parliament
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Part V: Powers of the Parliament in Australia
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References
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Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Section 38 of the Constitution of Australia)
Chapter of the Australian Constitution establishing the legislative branch of government power
Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia establishes the Parliament of Australia and its role as the legislative branch of the Government of Australia.[1] The chapter consists of 60 sections which are organised into 5 parts.
Part I: General[edit]
Part I contains 6 sections:
Part II: The Senate[edit]
Part II contains 17 sections:
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Section 7: The Senate
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Section 8: Qualification of electors
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Section 9: Method of election of senators in the senate
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Section 10: Application of State laws
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Section 11: Failure to choose senators
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Section 12: Issue of writs
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Section 13: Rotation of senators
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Section 14: Further provision for rotation
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Section 15: Casual vacancies
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Section 16: Qualifications of senator
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Section 17: Election of President
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Section 18: Absence of President
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Section 19: Resignation of senator
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Section 20: Vacancy by absence
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Section 21: Vacancy to be notified
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Section 22: Quorum
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Section 23: Voting in the Senate
Part III: The House of Representatives[edit]
Part III contains 17 sections:
Part IV: Both Houses of the Parliament[edit]
Part IV consists of 10 sections:
Part V: Powers of the Parliament in Australia[edit]
Part V consists of 10 sections:
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