 | 1917 - 434 pages
...the Australian Commonwealth. There it is specifically provided (Section 128) that ' no altera' tion diminishing the proportionate representation of any ' State in either House of the Parliament . . . shall become ' law unless the majority of the electors voting in that State ' approve the proposed... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1899 - 608 pages
...Parliament. Accordingly, Parliament initiates ; the people cast their votes ; and if 'in a majority of the States a majority of the electors voting approve...presented to the Governor-General for the Queen's assent.' Framed generally upon the Swiss Constitution, the amending power in Australia follows that system in... | |
 | George Burnett Barton - Australia - 1891 - 82 pages
...amendment shall be presented to the Governor-General for the Queen's assent. But an amendment by which the proportionate representation of any State in either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, or the minimum number of representatives of a State in the House of Eepresentatives,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1891 - 790 pages
...will become law, subject, however, to the Queen's power of disallowance ; but an amendment by which the proportionate representation of any State in either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth is diminished will not become law without the consent of the Convention of that... | |
 | George Collins Levey - Australasia - 1892 - 476 pages
...shall become law, subject, however, to the Queen's power of disallowance ; but an amendment by which the proportionate representation of any State in either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth is diminished shall not become law without the consent of the convention of that... | |
 | South Australia - Australia - 1897 - 1290 pages
...with the consent of the majority of the States. The clause goes on to say : But an alteration by which the proportionate representation of any State in either...number of representatives of a State in the House of Kepresentatives, is diminished, shall not become law without the consent of the electors of that State.... | |
 | George William Rusden - Australia - 1897 - 640 pages
...as The Parliament prescribes. And if a majority of the States and a majority of the electors voting approve the proposed law, it shall be presented to the Governor-General for the Queen's assent. But until the qualification of electors of members of the House of Representatives becomes uniform... | |
 | 1898 - 870 pages
...with the following note affixed: — "Dust fog encountered with for 900 miles." (_/) If in a majority of the states a majority of the electors voting approve the proposed law, it shall be presented to the Governor-General for the Queen's assent. 11. Write down («) the diminutive... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1898 - 828 pages
...whose conventions so approve must also be a majority of the people of the Commonwealth. An amendment diminishing the proportionate representation of any State in either House of the Federal Legislature shall not become law without the consent of such State. It is not easy to say whether... | |
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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. 
