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religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth. Rights of residents in States. 117. H& A subject of the Queen resident in any State shall not be subject in any other State to any disability or discrimination which would not be equally applicable to him if he were a subject of the Queen resident in such other State. Recognition of laws, Ac, of States. 118- 4A?- Full faith and credit shall be given throughout the Commonwealth to the laws, the public acts and records, and the judicial proceedings of every State. Protection of States from invasion and violence. 119- US* The Commonwealth shall protect every State against invasion and, on the application of the Executive Government of the State, against domestic violence. Custody of offenders against laws of the Commonwealth. 120. H9r Every State shall make provision for the detention in its prisons of persons accused or convicted of offences against the laws of the Commonwealth, and for the punishment of persons convicted of such offences, and the Parliament of the Commonwealth may make laws to give effect to this provision. CHAPTEE VI. NEW STATES. New States may be admitted or established. 121. 12©t The Parliament may admit to the Commonwealth or establish new States, and may upon such admission or establishment make or impose such terms and conditions, including the extent of representation in either House of the Parliament, as it thinks fit. Government of territories. 122. 4SL The Parliament may make laws for the Government of any territory surrendered by any State to and accepted by the Commonwealth, or of any territory placed by the Queen under the authority of and accepted by the Commonwealth, or otherwise acquired by the Commonwealth, and may allow the representation of such territory in either House of the Parliament to the extent and on the terms which it thinks fit. New States may be admitted or established. 123. iSSv The Parliament of the Commonwealth may, with the consent of the Parliament of a State, and the approval of the majority of the electors of the State voting upon the question, increase, diminish, or otherwise alter the limits of the State, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed on, and may, with the like consent, make provision respecting the effect and operation of any increase or diminution or alteration of territory in relation to any State affected. Formation of new States. 124. 138t A new State may be formed by separation of territory from a State, but only with consent of the Parliament thereof, and a new State may be formed by the union of two or more States or parts of States, but only with the consent of the Parliaments of the States affected. CHAPTEE VTI. MISCELLANEOUS. Seat of Government. 1 *)./l I' l-i s\ unnr r\-t~ I -1-Air Ann tvi riril- r\ 4- T-|in I 'nrnmnri tit no 1 tli £1 Kfi j_l _l\ i_i rJ i\ r a yrvi l n i\i-\ \-\ ir r M l~*n i*l Iri tvi aii )- i*i-. il n\\ nI I JLIV-L ~ .X7J.XC I FJUmJ V \jX. V..J \J V \JI- J-1111y_j.li V "TT Ulll_? J J..L1U.T.1.1. TT v'CJl.l L'l I. Tj' Itl'l 1 T7v? \!*v"tJV'rHMXllAyVt. 1J y HI H J -1_ IMI. UfAl.l HJ 11 U f.1j.1. IT'l \3lLUtlx I I -it Ti I i-iii n n flAlAii-minotiAn rli/-. Pnvl i m-fi Anr nnnl I li r\_ ait »i itT rvn r\(\ rr\ Tun at n r aiif* M i"i I a n/\ ii'irh ivi T X i-i I. i \yv\Tir> ni' _ \J U.V II r^LTUIIUIIJ H_.l 11 txI.HJtTTH.fII TUVJ JL ul ITctl li'.'llD rilUlll *J\J VjV\l.lllJll\Jil\-j\X UU llltCtl n-D DUlvli T/.I VI IXJLIXX-i. LILTS VyvllJiliurl^ •urrvtlf;li 'in n tvimru'ittr r>~ti .tlir* i rmrfiyiimy. m ttia fttififyir l . tiv m frit* r'Trorif' at mi_afiiifil Hivim ati at . ATnTnAn n matio* T'TTTtTrtrrT —(XT)TT TITO! I \JI. I It V V'X. UIIUVJ U V \JI I±\JTT3 WT Wilt! i.J (JLtU'JILIj fTT j TTT tin C rjTUlttrtjr ttrt — C TJ Ulll \-* 1 V lUIUH \J±- U IJlil Kill tX ILLKJIIi' fli r\ I i attaiiti /\-i*a q n -f-li r\ f-rATrAVT"! AT* IrOTl fVll fllill I. ll I VC'pi' 125. The seat of Government of the Commonwealth shall be determined by the Parliament, and shall be within territory which shall have been granted to or acquired by the Commonwealth, and shall be vested in and belong to the Commonwealth, and if New South Wales be an original State shall be in that State and be distant not less than one hundred miles from Sydney. Such territory shall contain an area of not less than one hundred square miles, and such portion thereof as shall consist of Crown lands shall be granted to the Commonwealth without any payment therefor. If Victoria be an original State the Parliament shall sit at Melbourne until it meets at the seat of Government. Power to Her Majesty to authorise Governor-General to appoint deputies. 126. I£st The Queen may authorise the Governor-General to appoint any person, or any persons jointly or severally, to be his deputy or deputies within any part of the Commonwealth, and