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 XV. The Governor-General

Collection:: Economics Books

170 THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. right or privilege of a minority, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, of the Queen’s subjects in relation to education® The Governor-General has. however, important “duties to discharge in appointing or removing judges and in exercising the prerogative of mercy. Appoint- The Judges of the Supreme, District and County Courts Juans of are appointed by the Governor-General, except in the case of the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick” In the province of Quebec the Judges are to be taken from the bar of that province®; and in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick they are to be selected from the respective bars of those provinces until the laws relating to property and to civil rights and to the procedure of the Courts are made uniform in those provinces®. The Letters Patent contain a clause authorizing the Governor-General to appoint all such Judges, Commissioners and Justices of the Peace as might be lawfully appointed by the Crown. Removal The Judges of the Superior Courts hold office during oh Guage. good behaviour, but are removable by the Governor-General on address from the Senate and House of Commons®. Exercises The power of pardoning offences is regulated by the ight of . Pardon, Instructions. “We do further authorize and empower our said Governor- General as he shall see occasion, in our name and on our behalf, when any crime has been committed for which the offender may be tried within our Dominion, to grant a pardon vo any accomplice not being the actual perpetrator of such crime, who shall give such information as shall lead to the sonviction of the principal offender. “And further to grant to any offender convicted of any crime in any Court or before any Judge, Justice or Magis- orate within our said Dominion, a pardon, either free or 1 B. N. A. Act, 5. 93. Ib. 8. 96. 5 Ih. 8, 98. 4 Tb. s. 97. 5 Th.s. 99. R. S.C. ec. 138,

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