The Constitution of Canada

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Identifikator:: 1895543282

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-242408

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Munro, Joseph Edwin Crawford http://d-nb.info/gnd/1113111038

Title:: The Constitution of Canada

Place of publication:: Cambridge

Publisher:: Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1889

Scope:: XXXVI, 356 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VIII. The Lieutenant-Governor

Collection:: Economics Books

19 THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful -opy of the record of the original commission as entered nN Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. Functions ~~ The Lieutenant-Governor discharges important functions Pend as regards the Legislature and the Administration. nt or. As regards the Provincial Legislature his chief duties are :— To summon, prorogue, or dissolve the Legislature’. To appoint Legislative Councillors in Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. To appoint the Speaker of the Legislative Council of Quebec’, To recommend the appropriation of the revenues and all money bills®. To assent to or veto bills, or reserve them for the :onsideration of the CGovernor-General®, In British Columbia he is authorized to transmit by message to the Assembly the draft of any laws which it may appear to him desirable to introduce ®, or to return bills for reconsideration with such amendments as he may think fit. Asregards As regards the Executive, the Lieutenant-Governor selects 8 ie. his Ministers, but he is bound by constitutional practice to shoose them from that party which has the confidence of the majority in the Legislative Assembly. He may dismiss his Ministers or call on them to resign, but for the due and proper exercise of his power he is responsible to the Governor- General in Council & He usually, with the assent of his Executive Council, and L See ante, pp. 44—52. 2 B. N. A. Act, 1867, s. 77. 3 1b. 88. 90, 54. + Ib. 8. 90. B. C. 34 Vie. ¢., 42, 8, 42, 8 See post, Chap. xv.

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