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This was the third of the British North America Acts to be enacted by the Parliament of Canada. This had been made possible by the provisions of the British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949. It was originally titled Representation Act, 1974, then changed to British North America Act, 1974 in 1977 before changing to Constitution Act, 1974 in 1982.
The Constitution Act, 1867 (French: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867), [1] originally enacted as the British North America Act, 1867 (BNA Act), is a major part of the Constitution of Canada. The act created a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada , including its federal structure , the House of Commons ...
Newfoundland Act text; Text of the British North America Act 1949 (c.22) as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. British North American Act, 1949 (Newfoundland Act), audio reading of act by LibriVox (57m23s)
British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, Virginia, and more substantially with the founding of the Thirteen Colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America.
Text of the British North America Act 1871 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. The Constitution Act, 1871 (UK), 34 & 35 Vict, c 28, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that forms part of the Constitution of Canada . [ 2 ]
The Constitution Act, 1886 (UK), 58 & 59 Vict, c 35, (the Act) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that forms part of the Constitution of Canada. [1] It was originally known as the British North America Act, 1886, but it was renamed Constitution Act, 1886 by the Constitution Act, 1982.
The government of Pierre Trudeau faced public pressure to disallow Quebec's Charter of the French Language in 1977, which forbade the use of English language signs and openly contravened some procedural linguistic rights protected by the British North America Act. Trudeau, a constitutional scholar, demurred, believing that disallowance would ...
[3] [5] The Act was then enacted by the British Parliament under the name the British North America Act, 1867. [6] [7] In 1982 the Act was brought under full Canadian control through the Patriation of the Constitution, and was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867.