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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 him.

3.  Salary of Governor-General.

  There shall be payable to the Queen out of the Consolidated Revenue fund of the Commonwealth, for the salary of the Governor-General, and annual sum which, until the Parliament otherwise provides, shall be ten thousand pounds.

  The salary of a Governor-General shall not be altered during his continuance in office.

4.  Provisions relating to Governor-General.

  The provisions of this Constitution relating to the Governor‑General extend and apply to the Governor‑General for the time being, or such person as the Queen may appoint to administer the Government of the Commonwealth; but no such person shall be entitled to receive any salary from the Commonwealth in respect of any other office during his administration of the Government of the Commonwealth.

5.  Sessions of Parliament.

Prorogation and Dissolution.

  The Governor-General may appoint such times for holding the sessions of the Parliament as he thinks fit, and may also from time to time, by Proclamation or otherwise, prorogue the Parliament, and may in like manner dissolve the House of Representatives.

Summoning Parliament.

  After any general election the Parliament shall be summoned to meet not later than thirty days after the day appointed for the return of the writs.

First session.

  The Parliament shall be summoned to meet not later than six months after the establishment of the Commonwealth.

6.  Yearly session of Parliament.

  There shall be a session of the Parliament once at least in every year, so that twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the Parliament in one session and its first sitting in the next session.

Part II.—The Senate.

7.  The Senate.

  The Senate shall be composed of senators for each State, directly chosen by the people of the State, voting, until the Parliament otherwise provides, as one electorate.

  But until the Parliament of the Commonwealth otherwise provides, the Parliament of the State of Queensland, if that State be an Original State, may make laws dividing the State into divisions and determining the number of senators to be chosen for each division, and in the absence of such provision the State shall be one electorate.

  Until the Parliament otherwise provides there shall be six senators for each Original State.  The Parliament may make laws increasing or diminishing the number of senators for each State, but so that equal representation of the several Original States shall be maintained and that no Original State shall have less than six senators.

  The senators shall be chosen