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1998
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
THE
SENATE
Presented and read a first
time
Constitution Alteration
(Right to Stand for Parliament—Qualification of Members and Candidates)
Bill 1998
No. ,
1998
(Senator Brown)
A
Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution with respect to the qualification and
disqualification of members of the Parliament and Parliamentary
candidates
Contents
A Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution with respect
to the qualification and disqualification of members of the Parliament and
Parliamentary candidates
The Parliament of Australia enacts, with the approval of the
electors, as required by the Constitution:
This Act may be cited as the Constitution Alteration (Right to Stand
for Parliament—Qualification of Members and Candidates)
1998.
(1) The Constitution is altered by omitting paragraph (i) of section 44
and substituting the following paragraph:
(i) Is not an Australian citizen: or
(2) The Constitution is altered by omitting paragraph (iv) of section 44
and substituting the following paragraph:
(iv) Holds any judicial office or any other office that the Parliament
from time to time declares to be an office for the purpose of this paragraph:
or
(3) The Constitution is altered by omitting the following words from
section 44:
, or of any of the Queen’s Ministers for a State, or to the receipt
of pay, half pay, or a pension, by any person as an officer or member of the
Queen’s navy or army,