Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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530 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [part i person whatsoever in trust for him or for his use or benefit or on his account, undertake, execute, hold and enjoy in the whole or in part any contract or agreement for or on account of the public service, shall be capable of being summoned to the Legislative Council. This does not extend to any contract or agreement made by an incorporated company or trading company consisting of more than twenty members. Members of the Council hold office for life, but a Legislative Councillor may resign his seat by letter to the Governor, and his seat is vacated if he (1) shall fail for ten successive sessions of the Council to give his attendance without the permission of His Majesty or the Governor ; or (2) shall take any oath, or make any declaration or acknowledgement, of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to any foreign prince or power, or shall do, concur in, or adopt any act whereby he may become a subject or citizen of any foreign state or power, or whereby he may become entitled to the rights, privileges, or immunities of a subject or citizen of any foreign state or power ; or (3) shall become bankrupt or take the benefit of any law relating to insolvent debtors ; or (4) become a public contractor or defaulter ; or (5) be attainted of treason or convicted of felony or of any infamous crime; or (6) accept an office under the Crown other than a ministerial office or become a member of the Federal Parliament.! 2. It is provided by s.- 2 of the Constitution Act, 1867, that all Bills for ‘ appropriating any part of the public revenue or for imposing any new rate, tax, or impost shall originate in the Legislative Assembly >. The exact force of this clause has formed the subject of a report of the Privy Council on reference from the two Houses in 1886, to which reference will be made in the next chapter. 3. By an Act, No. 16 of 1908, provision is made for the submission of certain Bills to the electors in the case of differences between the two Houses :— 3.—(1) For the purposes of this Act a Bill shall be deemed bo have been rejected a first time whenever such Bill has, * There are similar provisions with regard to members of the Legislative Assembly. See above, p. 496.

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