Canada Constitution

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Constitutional instruments

Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867

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Constitution Act, 1982 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1982

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Schedule to the Constitution Act, 1982

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Canada Act 1982

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The Constitution Act, 1982 set out in Schedule B to this Act is hereby enacted for and shall have the force of law in Canada and shall come into force as provided in that Act.Canada Act 1982
No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed after the Constitution Act, 1982 comes into force shall extend to Canada as part of its law.Canada Act 1982
So far as it is not contained in Schedule B, the French version of this Act is set out in Schedule A to this Act and has the same authority in Canada as the English version thereof.Canada Act 1982
This Act may be cited as the Canada Act 1982 .Canada Act 1982
This Act may be cited as the Constitution Act, 1867 . End note (2)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Repealed. End note (3)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, to declare by Proclamation that, on and after a Day therein appointed, not being more than Six Months after the passing of this Act, the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick shall form and be One Dominion under the Name of Canada; and on and after that Day those Three Provinces shall form and be One Dominion under that Name accordingly. End note (4)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Unless it is otherwise expressed or implied, the Name Canada shall be taken to mean Canada as constituted under this Act. End note (5)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Canada shall be divided into Four Provinces, named Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. End note (6)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Parts of the Province of Canada (as it exists at the passing of this Act) which formerly constituted respectively the Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada shall be deemed to be severed, and shall form Two separate Provinces. The Part which formerly constituted the Province of Upper Canada shall constitute the Province of Ontario; and the Part which formerly constituted the Province of Lower Canada shall constitute the Province of Quebec.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick shall have the same Limits as at the passing of this Act.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
In the general Census of the Population of Canada which is hereby required to be taken in the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and in every Tenth Year thereafter, the respective Populations of the Four Provinces shall be distinguished.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Executive Government and Authority of and over Canada is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General extend and apply to the Governor General for the Time being of Canada, or other the Chief Executive Officer or Administrator for the Time being carrying on the Government of Canada on behalf and in the Name of the Queen, by whatever Title he is designated.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
There shall be a Council to aid and advise in the Government of Canada, to be styled the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada; and the Persons who are to be Members of that Council shall be from Time to Time chosen and summoned by the Governor General and sworn in as Privy Councillors, and Members thereof may be from Time to Time removed by the Governor General.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
All Powers, Authorities, and Functions which under any Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, are at the Union vested in or exerciseable by the respective Governors or Lieutenant Governors of those Provinces, with the Advice, or with the Advice and Consent, of the respective Executive Councils thereof, or in conjunction with those Councils, or with any Number of Members thereof, or by those Governors or Lieutenant Governors individually, shall, as far as the same continue in existence and capable of being exercised after the Union in relation to the Government of Canada, be vested in and exerciseable by the Governor General, with the Advice or with the Advice and Consent of or in conjunction with the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, or any Members thereof, or by the Governor General individually, as the Case requires, subConstitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General in Council shall be construed as referring to the Governor General acting by and with the Advice of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
It shall be lawful for the Queen, if Her Majesty thinks fit, to authorize the Governor General from Time to Time to appoint any Person or any Persons jointly or severally to be his Deputy or Deputies within any Part or Parts of Canada, and in that Capacity to exercise during the Pleasure of the Governor General such of the Powers, Authorities, and Functions of the Governor General as the Governor General deems it necessary or expedient to assign to him or them, subject to any Limitations or Directions expressed or given by the Queen; but the Appointment of such a Deputy or Deputies shall not affect the Exercise by the Governor General himself of any Power, Authority, or Function.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all Naval and Military Forces, of and in Canada, is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Until the Queen otherwise directs, the Seat of Government of Canada shall be Ottawa.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
There shall be One Parliament for Canada, consisting of the Queen, an Upper House styled the Senate, and the House of Commons.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The privileges, immunities, and powers to be held, enjoyed, and exercised by the Senate and by the House of Commons, and by the members thereof respectively, shall be such as are from time to time defined by Act of the Parliament of Canada, but so that any Act of the Parliament of Canada defining such privileges, immunities, and powers shall not confer any privileges, immunities, or powers exceeding those at the passing of such Act held, enjoyed, and exercised by the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and by the members thereof. End note (8)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Parliament of Canada shall be called together not later than Six Months after the Union. End note (9)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Repealed. End note (10)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Senate shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, consist of One Hundred and five Members, who shall be styled Senators. End note (11)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
In relation to the Constitution of the Senate Canada shall be deemed to consist of Four Divisions:Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Qualifications of a Senator shall be as follows:Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Governor General shall from Time to Time, in the Queen’s Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, summon qualified Persons to the Senate; and, subject to the Provisions of this Act, every Person so summoned shall become and be a Member of the Senate and a Senator.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Repealed. End note (14)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
If at any Time on the Recommendation of the Governor General the Queen thinks fit to direct that Four or Eight Members be added to the Senate, the Governor General may by Summons to Four or Eight qualified Persons (as the Case may be), representing equally the Four Divisions of Canada, add to the Senate accordingly. End note (15)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
In case of such Addition being at any Time made, the Governor General shall not summon any Person to the Senate, except on a further like Direction by the Queen on the like Recommendation, to represent one of the Four Divisions until such Division is represented by Twenty-four Senators and no more. End note (16)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Number of Senators shall not at any Time exceed One Hundred and thirteen. End note (17)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a Senator shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, hold his place in the Senate for life.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
A Senator may by Writing under his Hand addressed to the Governor General resign his Place in the Senate, and thereupon the same shall be vacant.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Place of a Senator shall become vacant in any of the following Cases:Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
When a Vacancy happens in the Senate by Resignation, Death, or otherwise, the Governor General shall by Summons to a fit and qualified Person fill the Vacancy.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
If any Question arises respecting the Qualification of a Senator or a Vacancy in the Senate the same shall be heard and determined by the Senate.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Governor General may from Time to Time, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, appoint a Senator to be Speaker of the Senate, and may remove him and appoint another in his Stead. End note (19)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, the 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.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
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.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The House of Commons shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, consist of three hundred and eight members of whom one hundred and six shall be elected for Ontario, seventy-five for Quebec, eleven for Nova Scotia, ten for New Brunswick, fourteen for Manitoba, thirty-six for British Columbia, four for Prince Edward Island, twenty-eight for Alberta, fourteen for Saskatchewan, seven for Newfoundland, one for the Yukon Territory, two for the Northwest Territories and one for Nunavut. End note (20)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Governor General shall from Time to Time, in the Queen’s Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, summon and call together the House of Commons.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
A Senator shall not be capable of being elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the House of Commons.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick shall, for the Purposes of the Election of Members to serve in the House of Commons, be divided into Electoral Districts as follows:Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, all Laws in force in the several Provinces at the Union relative to the following Matters or any of them, namely, — the Qualifications and Disqualifications of Persons to be elected or to sit or vote as Members of the House of Assembly or Legislative Assembly in the several Provinces, the Voters at Elections of such Members, the Oaths to be taken by Voters, the Returning Officers, their Powers and Duties, the Proceedings at Elections, the Periods during which Elections may be continued, the Trial of controverted Elections, and Proceedings incident thereto, the vacating of Seats of Members, and the Execution of new Writs in case of Seats vacated otherwise than by Dissolution, — shall respectively apply to Elections of Members to serve in the House of Commons for the same several Provinces.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Repealed. End note (23)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
Repealed. End note (24)Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The House of Commons on its first assembling after a General Election shall proceed with all practicable Speed to elect One of its Members to be Speaker.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
In case of a Vacancy happening in the Office of Speaker by Death, Resignation, or otherwise, the House of Commons shall with all practicable Speed proceed to elect another of its Members to be Speaker.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867
The Speaker shall preside at all Meetings of the House of Commons.Constitution Act, 1867 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1867

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