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Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, 1873 to 1900 at Canadiana.org; Acts of the Parliament (of the Dominion) of Canada, 1901 to 1997 at the Internet Archive; Acts of the Parliament of Canada, 1987 to 2022 at the Government of Canada Publications catalogue. Official Justice Laws Website of the Canadian Department of Justice
All of these acts were originally enshrined by the Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 in the case of acts by the United Kingdom Parliament or enshrined by the British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949 or the British North America Act, 1871 in the case of acts by the Canadian Parliament. In addition to the acts listed here, six other acts were listed ...
The Parliament of Canada is the legislative body of the government of Canada.The Parliament is composed of the House of Commons (lower house), the Senate (upper house), and the sovereign, represented by the governor general.
The Parliament of Canada was granted limited power to amend the constitution by a British Act of Parliament in 1949, but it was not permitted to affect the powers of provincial governments, the official positions of the English and French languages, rights of any class of persons with respect to schools, or the maximum five-year term of the ...
The United Kingdom thus renounced any remaining responsibility for, or jurisdiction over, Canada. In a formal ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed the Constitution Act, 1982 into law on April 17, 1982. [15] The Constitution Act, 1982, includes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Before the Charter ...
The Parliament of Canada Act (French: Loi sur le Parlement du Canada) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada to define the rules, customs and regulations of the Parliament of Canada itself. The Parliament of Canada was defined in the 1867 Constitution Act forming Canada. The rules were defined as following the Parliament of Great Britain and ...
Douglas Abbott, Minister of Finance and mover of the first version of the modern act. The first version of the act was moved as Bill 25 in 1951 by member of parliament and government house leader Alphonse Fournier on behalf of the Minister of Finance, Douglas Abbott during the 5th session of the 21st Canadian Parliament. [2]
The British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949, was also passed by the British Parliament, giving the Parliament of Canada significant constitutional amending powers. [ 4 ] However, with Canada's agreement at the time, under s. 7(1) of the Statute of Westminster, the British Parliament also retained the power to amend the key Canadian ...