Section 29 of the Australian Constitution

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constitutional provision section of the Constitution of Australia

Section 29 of the Australian Constitution is the provision that empowers Parliament to determine the electoral divisions, or boundaries, for choosing members of the House of Representatives.

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Label	Occurrences
Section 29 of the Australian Constitution canonical	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ section of the Constitution of Australia ⓘ
allows	Parliament to make laws for determining the divisions in each State for House of Representatives elections ⓘ
appliesTo	House of Representatives elections ⓘ States ⓘ surface form: States of the Commonwealth parts of States ⓘ
bindingOn	Parliament of Australia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth Parliament States in relation to federal electoral divisions ⓘ
concerns	method of choosing members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
constitutionalArea	federal elections ⓘ federal electoral system ⓘ
containedIn	Chapter I of the Australian Constitution ⓘ Chapter I of the Australian Constitution ⓘ surface form: Part III of Chapter I of the Australian Constitution
country	Australia ⓘ
dateOfCommencement	1 January 1901 ⓘ
empowers	Commonwealth Parliament to determine electoral divisions ⓘ Parliament of Australia ⓘ
governs	how States and parts of States may be distributed into electoral divisions ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	allocates power over federal electoral boundaries primarily to the Commonwealth Parliament ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
originallyProvided	that in the absence of State electoral divisions, the State should be one electorate ⓘ that until Parliament otherwise provided, the Parliament of each State should make laws for determining electoral divisions ⓘ
partOf	Australian Constitution ⓘ
relatedTo	Section 24 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ Section 30 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
relatesTo	electoral boundaries ⓘ electoral divisions ⓘ representation in the House of Representatives ⓘ
scope	geographical distribution of electorates within States ⓘ
status	in force ⓘ
subjectMatter	apportionment of members among electoral divisions ⓘ determination of electoral divisions for the House of Representatives ⓘ
typeOfPower	legislative power over electoral divisions ⓘ

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Section 24 of the Australian Constitution → linkedTo → Section 29 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ