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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28 4 APPENDIX. Disqualifi- ~~ 31. The place of a Senator shall become vacant in any of the gation of following cases :—. Senators. (1) If for two consecutive Sessions of the Parliament he fails to give his attendance in the Senate: If he takes an oath or makes a declaration or acknow- ledgment of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a Foreign Power, or does an act whereby he becomes a Subject or Citizen, or entitled to the rights or privileges of a Subject or Citizen of a Foreign Power : If he is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or applies for she benefit of any law relating to insolvent debtors, or becomes a public defaulter : If he is attainted of treason or convicted of felony or of any infamous crime : If he ceases to be qualified in respect of property or of residence ; provided that a Senator shall not be deemed to have ceased to be qualified in respect of residence by reason only of his residing at the Seat of the Government of Canada while holding an office under that Government requiring his presence there. Sa 32. When a vacancy happens in the Senate by resignation, cancy in death, or otherwise, the Governor-General shall by summons to a Senate. ft and qualified person fill the vacancy. Questions as to 33. If any question arises respecting the qualification of a i Senator, or a vacancy in the Senate, the same shall be heard and Vacancies determined bv the Senate, in Senate. (4) Appoint- 34. The Governor-General may from time to time, by ment of ip ctiment under the Great Seal of Canada, appoint a Senator to Speaker of X Senate. be Speaker of the Senate, and may remove him and appoint another in his stead. Quorumof 35. Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, the Benghe. presence of at least fifteen Senators, including the Speaker, shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Senate for the exercise of its powers. Voting in Senate. 36. Questions arising in the Senate shall be decided by a majority of voices, and the Speaker shall in all cases have a vote, and when the voices are equal the decision shall be deemed to be in the negative.

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