Commencement of Act.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Provision: 4
Source language: English
Recorded status: in force

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The Commonwealth shall be established, and the Constitution of the Commonwealth shall take effect, on and after the day so appointed. But the Parliaments of the several colonies may at any time after the passing of this Act make any such laws, to come into operation on the day so appointed, as they might have made if the Constitution had taken effect at the passing of this Act.

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Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 · legislation.gov.au · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

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