APPENDIX: Commonwealth of Australia Bill.
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Copy of Federal Constitution under the Crown, framed and approved
by the
Australasian Federal Convention, at Adelaide, South Australia,
22nd March to 23rd April, 1897.
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Relates to Section 44.
(v. )
Section 47. Any person,
who directly or indirectly himself or by any person,
in trust for him or for
his use or benefit or on his account, undertakes,
executes, holds or enjoys,
in the whole or in part, any agreement for or
on account of the public
service of the Commonwealth,
shall be incapable of being,
chosen or of sitting as a member of the Senate or
of the House of Representatives
while he executes, holds or
enjoys the agreement or
any part or
share of it or
any benefit or
emolument arising from it.
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Any person, being a member
of the Senate or of the House of Representatives,
who, in the manner or to
the extent forbidden in this section, undertakes,
executes, holds, enjoys
or continues to hold or enjoy, any such agreement,
shall thereupon vacate his
place.
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Proviso exempting members
of trading companies;
But this section does not
extend to any agreement made, entered into or
accepted by, an incorporated
company consisting of more than twenty persons,
if the agreement is made,
entered into or accepted,
for the general benefit
of the company.
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Any person being a member
of the Senate or of the House of Representatives
who, directly or indirectly,
accepts or receives any fee or honorarium for work
done or services rendered
by him for or on behalf of the Commonwealth,
whilst sitting as such member,
shall thereupon vacate his place.
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Parliament
can not be Incorporated subject to Section 51 Subsection 20.
If
Members of Parliament are part of Corporation Section 44 subsection (v.
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shall
be incapable of remaining in Parliament subject to Section 44.
Includes
all political party and independent candidates subject to Section 48.
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.