Alteration Of The Constitution
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Alteration Of The Constitution
- Constitution of Australia
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Alteration Of The Constitution
Chapter VIII - Alteration Of The Constitution
Mode of altering 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 more more than
six months after its passage through both Houses the proposed law shall be
submitted in each State and Territory 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
amendments 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 bu 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 and Territory 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 Representative, in 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.
In this section "Territory" means any territory referred to in section one
hundred and twenty-two of this Constitution in respect of which there is in
force a law allowing its representation int he House of Representatives.
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Constitution of Australia
Bill Of Rights
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Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act
Chapter I - The Parliament
Part I - General
| Part II - The Senate
| Part III - The House of Representatives
| Part IV - Both Houses of the Parliament
| Part V - Powers of the Parliament
Chapter II - The Executive Government
The Executive Government
Chapter III - The Judicature
The Judicature
Chapter IV - Finance And Trade
Finance And Trade
Chapter V - The States
The States
Chapter VI - New States
New States
Chapter VII - Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Chapter VIII - Alteration Of The Constitution
Alteration Of The Constitution
Schedule
Schedule
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