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courts, judges, and people of every State and of every part of the Commonwealth, notwithstanding anything in the laws of any State; and the laws of the Commonwealth shall be in force on all British ships, the Queen's ships of war excepted, whose first port of clearance and whose port of destination are in the Commonwealth.

6.  Definitions.

"The Commonwealth" shall mean the Commonwealth of Australia as established under this Act.

"The States" shall mean such of the colonies of New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia, including the northern territory of South Australia, as for the time being are parts of the Commonwealth, and such colonies or territories as may be admitted into or established by the Commonwealth as States; and each of such parts of the Commonwealth shall be called "a State."

"Original States" shall mean such States as are parts of the Commonwealth at its establishment.

7.  Repeal of Federal Council Act.

  The Federal Council of Australasia Act, 1885, is hereby repealed, but so as not to affect any laws passed by the Federal Council of Australasia and in force at the establishment of the Commonwealth.

  Any such law may be repealed as to any State by the Parliament of the Commonwealth, or as to any colony not being a State by the Parliament thereof.

8.  Application of Colonial Boundaries Act.

  After the passing of this Act the Colonial Boundaries Act, 1895, shall not apply to any colony which becomes a State of the Commonwealth; but the Commonwealth shall be taken to be a self‑governing colony for the purposes of that Act.

9.  Constitution.

  The Constitution of the Commonwealth shall be as follows:—

The Constitution.

  This Constitution is divided as follows:—
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:
Chapter III. The Judicature:
Chapter IV. Finance and Trade:
Chapter V.  The States:
Chapter VI. New States:
Chapter VII. Miscellaneous:
Chapter VIII. Alteration of the Constitution.
The Schedule.

Chapter I.—The Parliament.

Part I.—General.

1.  Legislative Power.

  The legislative power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Federal Parliament, which shall consist of the Queen, a Senate, and a House of Representatives, and which is hereinafter called "The Parliament," or "The Parliament of the Commonwealth."

2.  Governor-General.

  A Governor-General appointed by the Queen shall be Her Majesty's representative in the Commonwealth, and shall have and may exercise in the Commonwealth during the Queen's pleasure, but subject to this Constitution, such powers and functions of the Queen as her Majesty may be pleased to assign to