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MiscellaneousChapter VII - Miscellaneous Seat of Government125. The seat of Government of the Commonwealth shall be determined by the Parliament, and shall be within territory which shall have been granted to or acquired by the Commonwealth, and shall be vested in and belong to the Commonwealth, and shall be in the State of New South Wales, and be distant not less than one hundred miles from Sydney.Such territory shall contain an area of not less than one hundred square miles, and such portion thereof as shall consist of Crown lands shall be granted to the Commonwealth without any payment therefor. The Parliament shall sit at Melbourne until it meet at the seat of Government. Power to Her Majesty to authorise Governor-General to appoint deputies126. The Queen may authorize the Governor-General to appoint any person, or any persons jointly or severally, to be his deputy or deputies within any part of the Commonwealth, and in that capacity to exercise during the pleasure of the Governor-General as he thinks fit to assign to such deputy or deputies, subject to any limitations expressed or directions given by the Queen; but the appointment of such deputy or deputies shall not affect the exercise by the Governor-General himself of any power or function.
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Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act
Chapter I - The ParliamentPart 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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