abstract
| - Dissolution terminates a General Assembly, ending all business in the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. It is followed by a general election. Dissolution is accomplished when the Governor General, on the advice of the Prime Minister, issues a proclamation, published in the New Cambria Gazette, to this effect. A second proclamation, which usually appears at the same time, calls the next General Assembly, orders the issuing of election writs to electoral districts across the country, and fixes dates for polling and for the return of the writs. A third proclamation fixes the date on which the General Assembly is summoned to meet, sometime following the return of the election writs. The date of this summons may be changed by means of a further proclamation. The Constitution limits the duration of a General Assembly to five years, except in the event of "war, invasion, or insurrection". In the absence of a dissolution, the General Assembly would simple "expire". In practice, the General Assembly has always been dissolved, even if dissolution has taken place only a few days before the five years have passed.
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