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Section 52 of the Constitution Act, 1867 (French: article 52 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867) is a provision of the Constitution of Canada which gives the federal Parliament the power to increase the number of members in the House of Commons, provided any increase respects the principle of proportionate provincial representation in the House of Commons.
The Constitution of Canada is a large number of documents that have been entrenched in the constitution by various means. Regardless of how documents became entrenched, together those documents form the supreme law of Canada; no non-constitutional law may conflict with them, and none of them may be changed without following the amending formula given in Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982.
Section 3 established that the union would take effect within six months of passage of the act and Section 4 confirmed "Canada" as the name of the country (and the word "Canada" in the rest of the act refers to the new federation and not the old province). Section 5 listed the four provinces of the new federation.
Section 3 of the Constitution Act, 1867; Section 8 of the Constitution Act, 1867 ... Section 52 of the Constitution Act, 1867; Section 53 of the Constitution Act, 1867;
Section 45 of the Constitution Act, 1982 allows each province to amend its own constitution. This applies, for example, to provincial statute laws like Constitution of Quebec and Constitution Act (British Columbia). However, if the desired change would require an amendment to any documents that form part of the Constitution of Canada, it would ...
Subsection 52(3) of the Constitution Act, 1982 requires constitutional amendments to be made in accordance with the rules set out in the Constitution itself. Subsection 52(3) entrenches constitutional supremacy and prevents Parliament and the provincial legislatures from making most constitutional amendments using simple legislation.
Part of a series on the Constitution of Canada Constitutional history Bill of Rights (1689) Act of Settlement (1701) Treaty of Paris (1763) Royal Proclamation (1763) Quebec Act (1774) Constitutional Act (1791) Act of Union (1840) Constitution Act (1867) Supreme Court Act (1875) Constitution Act (1886) British North America Acts (1867–1975) Treaty of Versailles Statute of Westminster (1931 ...
Section 54 of the Act provides that the House of Commons is not to proceed with a money bill unless the Governor General recommends the bill as necessary for the public finances. Section 90 of the Act applies various provisions of the Act to the provincial governments, including "provisions relating to appropriation and tax bills". Section 53 ...