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11. The Senate may proceed to the despatch of business, notwithstanding the failure of any State to provide for its representation in the Senate.
HISTORICAL NOTE.—Clause 11, chap. I., of the Commonwealth Bill of 1891 was as follows:—
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“The failure of any State to provide for its representation in the Senate shall not affect the power of the Senate to proceed to the despatch of business.”
At the Adelaide session, 1897, the clause was adopted in the same words; and at the Melbourne session, after the fourth report, it was altered to its present form.