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shall be as follows:—
 (i.) He must be of the full age of twenty-one years, and must be an elector entitled to vote at the election of members of the house of Representatives, or a person qualified to become such elector, and must have been for three years at the least a resident within the limits of the Commonwealth as existing at the time when he is chosen:
 (ii.) He must be a subject of the Queen, either natural-born or for at least five years naturalized under a law of the United Kingdom, or of a Colony which has become or becomes a State, or of the Commonwealth, or of a State.

35.  Election of Speaker.

  The House of Representatives shall, before proceeding to the despatch of any other business, choose a member to be the Speaker of the House, and as often as the office of Speaker becomes vacant the House shall again choose a member to be the Speaker.

  The Speaker shall cease to hold his office if he ceases to be a member.  He may be removed from office by a vote of the House, or he may resign his office or his seat by writing addressed to the Governor-General.

36.  Absence of Speaker.

  Before or during any absence of the Speaker, the House of Representatives may choose a member to perform his duties in his absence.

37.  Resignation of member.

  A member may by writing addressed to the Speaker, or to the Governor-General if there is no Speaker or if the Speaker is absent from the Commonwealth, resign his place, which thereupon shall become vacant.

38.  Vacancy by absence.

  The place of a member shall become vacant if for two consecutive months of any session of the Parliament he, without the permission of the House, fails to attend the House.

39.  Quorum.

  Until the Parliament otherwise provides, the presence of at least one-third of the whole number of the members of the House of Representatives shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the House for the exercise of its powers.

40.  Voting in House of Representatives.

  Questions arising in the House of Representatives shall be determined by a majority of votes other than that of the Speaker.  The Speaker shall not vote unless the numbers are equal, and then he shall have a casting vote.

Part IV.—Both Houses of the Parliament.

41.  Right of electors of States.

  No adult person who has or acquires a right to vote at elections for the more numerous House of the Parliament of a State shall, while the right continues, be prevented by any law of the Commonwealth from voting at elections for either House of the Parliament of