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? '"-'■' Command of naval and military forces. 68. The command in chief of the naval and military forces of the Commonwealth is vested in the Governor-General as the Queen's representative. I Transfer of certain departments. 69. On a date or dates to be proclaimed by the Governor-General after the establishment of the Commonwealth, the following departments of the public service in each State shall become transferred to the Commonwealth :■ — Post, telegraphs, and telephones : Naval and military defence : ■cp. Lighthouses, lightships, beacons, and buoys : : Quarantine. $?; But the Departments of Customs and of Excise in each State shall become transferred to the Commonwealth on its establishment. Certain powers of Governors to vest in Governor-General. 70. In respect of matters which, under this Constitution, pass to the Executive Government of the Commonwealth, all powers and functions which at the establishment of the Commonwealth are vested in the Governor of a colony, or in the Governor of a colony with the advice of his Executive Council, or in any authority of a colony, shall vest in the Governor-General, or in the Governor-General in Council, or in the authority exercising similar powers under the Commonwealth, as the case requires. : CHAPTER 111. THE JUDICATUEE. Judicial power and Courts. 71. The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Federal Supreme Court, to be called the High Court of Australia, and in such other Federal Courts as the Parliament creates, and in such other Courts as it invests with federal jurisdiction. The High Court shall consist of a Chief Justice, and so many other Justices, not less than two, as the Parliament prescribes. Judges' appointment, tenure, and remuneration. 72. The Justices of the High Court and of the other Courts created by the Parliament— (1.) Shall be appointed by the Governor-General in Council: (2.) Shall not be removed except by the Governor-General in Council, on an address from both Houses of the Parliament in the same session praying for such removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity : (3.) Shall receive such remuneration as the Parliament may fix; but the remuneration shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. Appellate jurisdiction of High Court. 73. The High Court shall have jurisdiction, with such exceptions and subject to such regulations as the Parliament prescribes, to hear and determine appeals from all judgments, decrees, orders, and sentences— (1.) Of any Justice or Justices exercising the original jurisdiction of the High Court: (2.) Of any other Federal Court, or Court exercising federal jurisdiction; or of the Supreme Court of any State, or of any other Court of any State from which at the establishment of the Commonwealth an appeal lies to the Queen in Council: (3.) Of the inter-State Commission, but as to questions of law only— and the judgment of the High Court in all cases shall be final and conclusive. But no exception or regulation prescribed by the Parliament shall prevent the High Court from hearing and determining any appeal from the Supreme Court of a State in any matter in which at the establishment of the Commonwealth an appeal lies from such Supreme Court to the Queen in Council. Until the Parliament otherwise provides, the conditions of and restrictions on appeals to the Queen in Council from the Supreme Courts of the several States shall be applicable to appeals from them to the High Court. Appeals to Queen in Counoil. 74. No appeal shall be permitted to the Queen in Council in any matter involving the interpretation of this Constitution or of the Constitution of a State, unless the public interests of some part of Her Majesty's dominions, other than the Commonwealth or a State, are involved. Except as provided in this section, this Constitution shall not impair any right which the Queen may be pleased to exercise, by virtue of Her Royal prerogative, to grant special leave of appeal from the High Court to Her Majesty in Council. But the Parliament may make laws limiting the matters in which such leave may be asked. Original jurisdiction of High Court. 75. In all matters— (1.) Arising under any treaty : (2.) Affecting Consuls or other representatives of other countries : (3.) In which the Commonwealth, or a person suing or being sued on behalf of the Commonwealth, is a party : (4.) Between States, or between residents of different States, or between a State and a resident of another State :