DISSOLUTION. 
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by act of the Crown or by lapse of time: the demise of the 
Crown having no such effect. The Lieutenant-Governor as 
representing the Crown may dissolve the Legislature in 
person or by proclamation, the latter being the usual course. 
The form of proclamation used in Quebec in 1882 was as 
follows : 
Canada 
Province of 
Quebec 
L. S. 
Form of 
Proclama- 
tion. 
Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c. &c. 
To our beloved and faithful the Legislative Councillors of 
the Province of Quebec and the citizens and burgesses 
elected to serve in the Legislative Assembly of our said 
Province and to all whom it may concern 
GREETING 
A PROCLAMATION 
WHEREAS it has pleased us by our proclamation dated the 
Lith of October last to convoke the Legislature of our Pro- 
vince of Quebec for the fifteenth day of the month of November 
stant and wHEREAS We have thought fit by and with the 
advice and consent of our Executive Council of our Province 
of Quebec to dissolve the Legislative Assembly of our said 
Province Now know ye that by this our royal proclamation 
We dissolve the said Legislative Assembly: Accordingly We 
>¥empt the Legislative Councillors and the citizens and 
burgesses of the Legislative Assembly of the obligation of 
Meeting and attendance on the said fifteenth day of November 
instant. 
In testimony whereof &c. 
A Provincial Assembly lasts for four years except in the Lapse of 
Province of Quebec, where it lasts for five years subject to the time. 
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