38 and 39 Vie. (i) c. 38.

An Act to remove doubts with respect to the powers of the
Parliament of Canada under section 18 of the British
North America Act 1867.
M9 July, 1875.]

Waereas by section 18 of the British North America Act 1867 30 & 81
2 2 Vie. ¢. 8.
it is provided as follows :
«The privileges, immunities and powers to be held, enjoyed and
exercised by the Senate and by the House of Commons and by
the members thereof respectively, shall be such as are from time
to time defined by Act of the Parliament of Canada, but so that
the same shall never exceed those at the passing of this Act held,
enjoyed and exercised by the Commons House of Parliament of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and by the
members thereof.”
And whereas doubts have arisen with regard to the power of
defining by an Act of the Parliament of Canada in pursuance of
the said section, the said privileges, powers or immunities ; and it
is expedient to remove such doubts :
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual
and temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled
and by the authority of the same as follows :—
1. Section eighteen of the British North America Act 1867 Substituis
 hereby repealed, without prejudice to anything done under that ion of
section, and the following section shall be substituted for the tion for
: section 18
section so repealed. of 30 & 581
The privileges, immunities and powers to be held, enjoyed and Vie. ¢. 3.
exercised by the Senate and by the House of Commons and by
the members thereof respectively, shall be such as are from time to
time defined by Act of the Parliament of Canada, but so that any
Act of the Parliament of Canada defining such privileges, immuni-