A Manual of the Constitutional History of Canada from the Earliest Period to the Year 1888; Including the British North America Act, 1867, and a Digest of Judicial Decisions on Questions of Legislative JurisdictionDawson Brothers, 1888 - 238 pages |
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Page ix
... opens and prorogues Parliament ; assents to or reserves Bills , p . 75 -- dissolves Parliament , pp . 76-77- General Features of the Senate or Upper House , pp . 77-81 - of the House of Commons , pp . 81-82 - Duration CONTENTS . IX.
... opens and prorogues Parliament ; assents to or reserves Bills , p . 75 -- dissolves Parliament , pp . 76-77- General Features of the Senate or Upper House , pp . 77-81 - of the House of Commons , pp . 81-82 - Duration CONTENTS . IX.
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... assent to all bills , and to reserve such as he should think fit for the signification of the pleasure of the Crown . The British Parliament re- served to itself the right of providing regulations im- posing , levying and collecting ...
... assent to all bills , and to reserve such as he should think fit for the signification of the pleasure of the Crown . The British Parliament re- served to itself the right of providing regulations im- posing , levying and collecting ...
Page 23
... assented to until thirty days after they had been laid before both houses of the Imperial Parliament.1 The governor and executive council were to remain a court of appeals until the legislatures of the provinces might make other ...
... assented to until thirty days after they had been laid before both houses of the Imperial Parliament.1 The governor and executive council were to remain a court of appeals until the legislatures of the provinces might make other ...
Page 34
... assented to on the 23rd of July , but did not come into effect until the 10th of February in the following year , in accordance 1 Special Coun . J. , Nov. 11 , 12 , 13 , 14. Christie V. , 316-22 . 2 Leg . Coun . J. ( 1839-40 ) 14 , & c ...
... assented to on the 23rd of July , but did not come into effect until the 10th of February in the following year , in accordance 1 Special Coun . J. , Nov. 11 , 12 , 13 , 14. Christie V. , 316-22 . 2 Leg . Coun . J. ( 1839-40 ) 14 , & c ...
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... assent to any bill of the legislature to alter the repre- sentation , unless it should have been passed with the concurrence of two - thirds of the members in each house . This clause was , however , suddenly repealed by the Im- perial ...
... assent to any bill of the legislature to alter the repre- sentation , unless it should have been passed with the concurrence of two - thirds of the members in each house . This clause was , however , suddenly repealed by the Im- perial ...
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