Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:53
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 53
Character Range: 100488–101577

53  Powers, privileges and immunities of member for Territory
 (1) A member of the House of Representatives chosen in a Territory has all the powers, privileges and immunities of a member of the House of Representatives chosen in a State and:
 (a) shall be included in the whole number of the members of the House of Representatives for the purpose of ascertaining the number of members necessary to constitute a meeting of the House for the exercise of its powers and, if present, shall be counted for the purpose of determining whether the necessary number of members are present; and
 (b) has a vote on all questions arising in the House.
 (2) The provisions contained in sections 32, 33, 37 and 38 and sections 42 to 48 (inclusive) of the Constitution, to the extent (if any) to which they do not apply, by virtue of the Constitution, in relation to a member of the House of Representatives chosen in a Territory, apply, by force of this subsection, in relation to such a member in the same way as they apply in relation to a member of the House of Representatives chosen in a State.