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 XII. The House of Commons

Collection:: Economics Books

126 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Figher- men. [ndians. In the two last-mentioned cases ‘son’ includes grandson, step-son and son-in-law. Occasional absences not exceeding six months in the year will not disqualify, and the time spent at an institution of learning or as a mariner or a fisher- man is considered to be spent at home. (h) Fishermen, if resident and owning real or personal property of the value of $150. (?) Indians on a reserve not in Manitoba, British Columbia, Keewatin or the North-West Territories, and in occupation of a plot of land on such reserve, and whose ‘mprovements are of the value of $150, and who are other- wise qualified’. The Act contains some special provisions relating to the North-West Territories and to Prince Edward's Island and British Columbia. North- In those districts in the North-West Territories that are West Ter- . : ritories. entitled to send representatives to the House of Commons, an elector is described as: — “A bona fide male resident and householder of adult age who is not an alien or an Indian within the electoral district, and who has resided in such district for at least 12 months immediately preceding the issue of the writ of slection ®” In the provinces of Prince Edward’s Island and of British Columbia all voters who were qualified by the laws of these two provinces to vote at the passing of the Electoral Franchise Act, 1885, are to have a right to be registered as voters and to vote so long as they shall continue to be qualified to vote under such laws? Persons Persons disqualified from voting. The following persons disquali- ’ . 4 fied, are disqualified from voting *: 1. Judges. 1. Judges of every Court whose appointments rest 1 See 8, 11 of 48 and 49 Vie. c. 40. 2R.8.C. ec. 17,s8 4. 3 R.S8.C.e 5, 8 10. 4 R. 8. C. c. 8, 8.42, 49 and 50 Vie. c. 6.

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