COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CONSTITUTION ACT - SECT 116 Commonwealth not to legislate in respect of religion

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CONSTITUTION ACT
- SECT 116
Commonwealth not to legislate in respect of religion

The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.

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