Chapter 6 - Senators
Resignation of senators
Section 19 of the
Constitution provides that a senator may resign office by a letter addressed to
the President, or to the Governor-General if there is no President or if the
President is absent from the Commonwealth. The place of a resigning senator
becomes vacant upon the receipt of the resignation by the President or
Governor-General.
For the form of resignation, and principles covering the lodgment of
resignation, see Chapter 4, Elections for the Senate, under Casual
vacancies.
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