The Constitution of Canada

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Identifikator:: 1895543282

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

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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 XV. The Governor-General

Collection:: Economics Books

[66 THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. provisions to which the Royal consent had once been refused, unless the bill contained a suspending clause, or unless some argent necessity existed and the bill was not contrary to the law of England or to treaty stipulations’. Between 1867 and 1878 twenty-one bills, eleven of these relating to divorce, were reserved’; but since the last-mentioned year the Royal Instructions have not required any bill to be reserved, on the ground that it was “undesirable that they should contain anything which would be interpreted as limiting or defining the legislative powers conferred in 1867 on the Dominion Parliament®,” and that the reserved power of disallowance possessed by Her Majesty in Council* was sufficient for the protection of Imperial interests. The Governor-General may, however, under the section above quoted reserve a bill for the signification of the Queen’s pleasure, in which case it does not become law antil the Governor-General signifies by speech or message to sach of the Houses of Parliament, or by proclamation, that it has received the assent of the Queen in Council? Not bound ~~ In exercising his discretionary powers in regard to by Slow legislation a Governor-General has to act on his own ministers. yesponsibility, and is not bound to follow the advice of his ministers, though he usually takes this course’. The assent of the Governor is not conclusive, as a bill, even if assented to by him, may be disallowed by the Crown”. But the Governor before assenting ought to satisfy himself that the bill is within the class of subjects over which the Dominion Parliament has legislative power. It is usual for him to receive from the Minister of Justice or from the Law Officers of the Crown in the Colony a ceport on bills submitted for his assent, and he may, if Bills re- served. t Sess. J. (1873), 74; Sess. Pap. 1867—8. No 22: Burinot. p. 569. ? Burinot, p. 570. 3 Despatch of Secretary for Colonies, Can. 8. Pap. 1877, No. 13; Ib. 1880, No. 51, 4 See ante, p. 163. 5 B. N. A. Act. 8. 57. 8 Todd. p. 137. 7 See most, ¢. XI.

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