suap. 11] THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 813 
106. The constitution of each state of the Commonwealth 
shall, subject to this Constitution, continue as at the estab- 
lishment of the Commonwealth, or as at the admission or 
ostablishment of the state, as the case may be, until altered 
in accordance with the constitution of the state. 
107. Every power of the Parliament of a Colony which 
has become or becomes a state, shall, unless it is by this 
Constitution exclusively vested in the Parliament of the 
Commonwealth or withdrawn from the Parliament of the 
state, continue as at the establishment of the Commonwealth, 
or as at the admission or establishment of the state. as the 
case may be. 
108. Every law in force in a Colony which has become or 
becomes a state, and relating to any matter within the powers 
of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, shall, subject to 
this Constitution, continue in force in the state ; and, until 
provision is made in that behalf by the Parliament of the 
Commonwealth, the Parliament of the state shall have such 
powers of alteration and of repeal in respect of any such law 
5s the Parliament of the Colony had nntil the Colonv became 
a state. 
109. When a law of a state is inconsistent with a law of 
the Commonwealth, the latter shall prevail, and the former 
shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be invalid. 
112. After uniform duties of customs have been imposed, 
a state may levy on imports or exports, or on goods passing 
into or out of the state, such charges as may be necessary 
for executing the inspection laws of the state ; but the net 
produce of all charges so levied shall be for the use of the 
Commonwealth ; and any such inspection laws may be 
annulled by the Parliament of the Commonwealth. 
113. All fermented, distilled, or other intoxicating liquids 
passing into any state or remaining therein for use, consump- 
tion, sale, or storage, shall be subject to the laws of the state 
as if such liquids had been produced in the state. 
114. A state shall not, without the consent of the Parlia- 
ment of the Commonwealth, raise or maintain any naval or 
military force, or impose any tax on property of any kind 
belonging to the Commonwealth, nor shall the Commonwealth 
monwealth Parliamentary Debates, 1904, pp. 2069 seq., ex parte Oesselman, 
(1902) 2 S. R. (N.S.W.) 438; Merchant Service Guild of Australasia v. 
Archibald Currie & Co. Proprietary Lid., 5 C. L. R. 737 ; Quick and Garran, 
Constitution of Commonwealth, pp. 361, 363: Harrison Moore. op. citi, 
pp. 281, 282 : above, Part III, chap. il.