Letters Upon the Interpretation of the Federal Constitution Known as the British North America Act, (1867): By the Honorable Mr. Justice T. J. J. Loranger. First Letter. TranslationPrinted at the "Morning-chronicle" office, 1884 - 63 pages |
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Page 7 - It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order, and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces...
Page 40 - And any Matter coming within any of the Classes of Subjects enumerated in this Section shall not be deemed to come within the Class of Matters of a local or private Nature comprised in the Enumeration of the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislature of the Provinces.
Page 40 - Canada. 9. Beacons, Buoys, Lighthouses, and Sable Island. 10. Navigation and Shipping. 11. Quarantine and the establishment and maintenance of Marine Hospitals. , 12. Sea coast and inland Fisheries. 13. Ferries between a Province and any British or Foreign country or between two Provinces. 14. Currency and Coinage. 15. Banking, incorporation of banks, and the issue of paper money. 16. Savings' Banks. 17. Weights and Measures. 18. Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. 19. Interest. 20. Legal tender....
Page 40 - Direct Taxation within the Province in order to the raising of a Revenue for Provincial Purposes.
Page 12 - Canada shall extend and apply to the Legislative Assemblies of Ontario and Quebec, that is to say: the provisions relating to the election of a speaker originally and on vacancies, the duties of the speaker, the absence of the speaker, the quorum and the mode of voting as if those provisions were here re-enacted and made applicable in terms to each such Legislative Assembly.
Page 41 - Shop, Saloon, Tavern, Auctioneer, and other Licenses in order to the raising of a Revenue for Provincial, Local, or Municipal Purposes (6).
Page 41 - Local works and undertakings other than such as are of the following classes, — a. Lines of steam or other ships, railways, canals, telegraphs, and other works and undertakings connecting the Province with any other or others of the Provinces, or extending beyond the limits of the Province : b.
Page 16 - Canada be vested in and exercisable 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, subject nevertheless (except with respect to such as exist under Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) to...
Page 30 - 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...
Page 42 - The Imposition of Punishment by Fine, Penalty, or Imprisonment for enforcing any Law of the Province made in relation to any Matter coming within any of the Classes of Subjects enumerated in this Section.