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 IV. Provincial Legislatures

Collection:: Economics Books

h2 PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES. right of the Lieutenant-Governor to dissolve it at any time. In Quebec, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Prince Edward’s Island the period begins to run from the day of the return of the writs: but in Ontario the period begins to run from the 55th day, and in Nova Scotia from the axpiration of the 40th day after the date of the issue of the writs for holding the election® In the North West Territories the elected members hold heir seats for two vears® 6. Annual Sessions. In England there is no statutory authority requiring Par- liament to meet every year. The 16 Car. IT, c. 1° required Parliament not to be intermitted above three years at the most, and the 6 Will. & Mary, c. 2 provided that writs should issue for a new Parliament within three years after the deter- mination of every Parliament. The necessity of passing the annual Army Bill and the Appropriation Act secures in practice annual sessions. Provision The British North America Act, 1867% expressly pro- an Apan) vides, that there shall be a session of the Legislature once at least in every year, so that 12 months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the Legislature in each Province in one session and its first sitting in the next session. This rule is also found in Provincial Acts”. 7. Enacting Clause. The enacting clause of a statute varies in the different provinces. In Ontario. Quebec, Manitoba, and British Co- 1 0.R.8.1887,¢.11,8 1. Q.44 & 45 Vie. c¢. 7. N. B. Con. Stat. 1877, c. 4, 5. 80. N. 8. Rev. Stat. 1884, e. 3, s. 10. B. C. Con. Stat. 1877. c. 42. i. 44. 83 Vie. e. 3. P. E.L 19 Vic. ¢, 21, s. 86. 2 R. 8. C.s. 25. 3 Repealed by the 50 & 51 Vie. (i) c. 59. 4 g. 86. 5 0.R. 8, 1887. ¢. 12, 8. 86. 383 Vic, ¢. 3. B. C. Con. Stat, 1877, c. 42, i5

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