Section 29 of the Australian Constitution

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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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Section 29 of the Australian Constitution canonical 2

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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 of the Commonwealth ⓘ
linked to: States

parts of States ⓘ
bindingOn 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Chapter I of the Australian Constitution → containsSection → Section 29 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ