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

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OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE. 139 General that the House has “elected him to be their Speaker.” The choice of the Speaker is not “confirmed” and “approved” by the Governor-General, as it is by the Crown in England. Up to 1840 the election of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in both Upper and Lower Canada was always “approved” by the Governor. but such approval is not essential *. When a Speaker dies or resigns during a prorogation, the House of Commons at the opening of the next Session adopts the English practice of proceeding to the Senate Chamber and asking the authority of the Governor-General to proceed to the election of a Speaker according to law® The duties of the Speaker are prescribed by Standing Duties of Orders, by the customs of the House, and by English pre- Spealcer. cedents. He presides over all meetings of the House °, and receives and puts all motions. He communicates to the House all messages received from the Governor-General or from the Senate. If necessary he reprimands members and under the instructions of the House commits persons to the custody of the Sergeant at Arms. He decides points of order, subject to an appeal to the House, and enforces all rules, and is the official mouthpiece of the House when an address is presented to the Crown or to the Governor-General. If the Speaker from any cause finds it necessary to leave Absence of the Chair, he may call upon the Chairman of Committees, or Spoken in his absence, upon any member, to take the Chair during the remainder of the day*. If the Speaker is unavoidably absent the Chairman of Committees acts as Deputy Speaker? The Clerk of the House is appointed by Commission The under the Great Seal to hold office during pleasure. He “™* 1 See ante p. 114. ? Burinot, p. 163. 3 B. N. A. Act, 1867, s."46. +t R.S.C.c. 14, 8. 1. & Ib, 8. 2.

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