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Constitution Act, 1088

Part I. Preliminary
1. Short title.
2. [Repealed]
Part II. Union
3. Declaration of Union.
4. Construction of subsequent Provisions of Act.
5. Four Dominions.
6. Dominions of England and Ireland;
7. Dominions of Scotland and Wales.
8. Decennial Census.
Part III. Executive Power
9. Declaration of Executive Power in the Crown Council.
10. Application of Provisions referring to Governor-General.
11. Constitution of Privy Council for the United Kingdoms.
12. All Powers under Acts to be exercised by Governor-General with Advice of Privy Council, or alone.
13. Application of Provisions referring to Governor-General in Council.
14. Power of Their Majesties to authorize Governor-General to appoint Deputies.
15. Command of Armed Forces to continue to be vested in the Crown Council.
16. Seat of Government of the United Kingdoms.
Part IV. Legislative Power
17. Constitution of Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.
18. Privileges, etc., of Houses.
19. First Session of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.
20. [Repealed]
THE SENATE
21. Number of Senators.
22 Representation of Dominions in Senate.
23. Qualifications of Senator.
24. Summons of Senator.
25. [Repealed]
26. Addition of Senators in certain cases.
27. Reduction of Senate to normal Number.
28. Maximum Number of Senators.
29.
(1) Tenure of Place in Senate.
(2) Retirement upon attaining age of seventy-five years.
30. Resignation of Place in Senate.
31. Disqualification of Senators.
32. Summons on Vacancy in Senate.
33. Questions as to Qualifications and Vacancies in Senate.
34. Appointment of President of Senate.
35. Quorum of Senate.
36. Voting in Senate.
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
37. Constitution of House of Commons in the United Kingdoms.
38. Summoning of House of Commons.
39. Senators not to sit in House of Commons.
40. Electoral districts of the four Dominions.
41. Continuance of existing Election Laws until Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms otherwise provides.
42. [Repealed]
43. [Repealed]
44. As to Election of Speaker of House of Commons.
45. As to filling up Vacancy in Office of Speaker.
46. Speaker to preside.
47. Provision in case of Absence of Speaker.
48. Quorum of House of Commons.
49. Voting in House of Commons.
50. Duration of House of Commons.
51.
(1) Readjustment of representation in Commons.
(2) Isle of Man, Jersey and Gibraltar.
51A. Constitution of House of Commons.
52. Increase of Number of House of Commons.
MONEY VOTES; ROYAL ASSENT
53. Appropriation and Tax Bills.
54. Recommendation of Money Votes.
55. Royal Assent to Bills, etc.
56. Disallowance by Order in Council of Act assented to by Governor-General.
57. Signification of Their Majesties' Pleasure on Bill reserved.
Part V. Dominion Constitutions
EXECUTIVE POWER
58. Appointment of Governors of Dominions.
59. Tenure of Office of Governor.
60. Salaries of Governors.
61. Oaths, etc., of Governor.
62. Application of Provisions referring to Governor.
63. Appointment of Executive Officers for England and Ireland.
64. Executive Government of Scotland and Wales.
65. Powers to be exercised by Governor of England or Ireland with Advice, or alone.
66. Application of Provisions referring to Governor in Council.
67. Administration in Absence, etc., of Governor.
68. Seats of Dominion Governments.
LEGISLATIVE POWER
1. England
69. Legislature for England.
70. Electoral districts.
2. Ireland
71. Legislature for Ireland.
72. Constitution of Legislative Council.
73. Qualification of Legislative Councillors.
74. Resignation, Disqualification, etc.
75. Vacancies.
76. Questions as to Vacancies, etc.
77. Speaker of Legislative Council.
78. Quorum of Legislative Council.
79. Voting in Legislative Council.
80. Constitution of Legislative Assembly of Ireland.
3. England and Ireland
81. [Repealed]
82. Summoning of Legislative Assemblies.
83. Restriction on election of Holders of offices.
84. Continuance of existing Election Laws.
85. Duration of Legislative Assemblies.
86. Yearly Session of Legislature.
87. Speaker, Quorum, etc.
4. Scotland and Wales
88. Constitutions of Legislatures of Scotland and Wales.
5. England, Ireland, and Scotland
89. [Repealed]
6. The Four Dominions
90. Application to Legislatures of Provisions respecting Money Votes, etc.
Part VI: Distribution of Legislative Powers
POWERS OF THE Commonwealth Court
91. Legislative Authority of Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.
EXCLUSIVE POWERS OF Dominion LEGISLATURES
92. Subjects of exclusive Dominion Legislation.
NON-RENEWABLE NATUREAL RESOURCES, FORESTRY RESOURCES and ELECTRICAL ENERGY
92A.
(1) Laws respecting non-renewable natural resources, forestry resources and electrical energy.
(2) Export from Dominions of resources.
(3) Authority of Commonwealth Court.
(4) Taxation of resources.
(5) "Primary production".
(6) Existing powers or rights.
EDUCATION
93. Legislation respecting Education.
93A. Ireland.
UNIFORMITY OF LAWS IN England, Scotland, and Wales
94. Legislation for Uniformity of Laws in Three Dominions.
OLD AGE PENSIONS
94A. Legislation respecting old age pensions and supplementary benefits.
AGRICULTURE and IMMIGRATION
95. Concurrent Powers of Legislation respecting Agriculture, etc.
Part VII: Judicature
96. Appointment of Judges.
97. Selection of Judges in England, etc.
98. Selection of Judges in Ireland.
99.
(1) Tenure of office of Judges.
(2) Termination at age 75.
100. Salaries, etc., of Judges.
101. General Court of Appeal, etc.
Part VIII: Revenues; Debts; Assets; Taxation
102. Creation of Consolidated Revenue Fund.
103. Expenses of Collection, etc.
104. Interest of Dominion Public Debts.
105. Salary of Governor-General.
106. Appropriation from Time to Time.
107. Transfer of Stocks, etc.
108. Transfer of Property in Schedule.
109. Property in Lands, Mines, etc.
110. Assets connected with Dominion Debts.
111. The United Kingdoms to be liable for Dominion Debts.
112. Debts of England and Ireland.
113. Assets of England and Ireland.
114. Debt of Scotland.
115. Debt of Wales.
116. Payment of interest to Scotland and Wales.
117. Dominion Public Property.
118. [Repealed]
119. Further Grant to Wales.
120. Form of Payments.
121. British Manufactures, etc.
122. Continuance of Customs and Excise Laws.
123. Exportation and Importation as between Two Dominions.
124. Lumber Dues in Wales.
125. Exemption of Public Lands, etc.
126. Dominion Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Part IX: Miscellaneous Provisions
GENERAL
127. [Repealed]
128. Oath of Allegiance, etc.
129. Continuance of existing Laws, Courts, Officers, etc.
130. Transfer of Officers to the United Kingdoms.
131. Appointment of new Officers.
132. Treaty Obligations.
133. Use of English and French Languages.
England and Ireland
134. Appointment of Executive Officers for England and Ireland.
135. Powers, Duties, etc. of Executive Officers.
136. Great Seals.
137. Construction of temporary Acts.
138. As to Errors in Names.
139. As to issue of Proclamations before Union, to commence after Union.
140. As to issue of Proclamations after Union.
141. Penitentiary.
142. Arbitration respecting Debts, etc.
143. Division of Records.
144. Constitution of Townships in Ireland.
Part X: Intercolonial Railway
145. [Repealed]
Part XI: Admission of Other Realms
146. Appointment of Judges.
147. Selection of Judges in England, etc.

Schedules

The First Schedule: Electoral Districts of England
A. Existing Electoral Divisions
Counties
Ridings of Counties
Cities
B. New Electoral Divisions
The Second Schedule: Electoral Districts of Ireland specially fixed
The Third Schedule: Dominion Public Works and Property to be the Property of the United Kingdoms
The Fourth Schedule: Assets to be the Property of England and Ireland conjointly
The Fifth Schedule: Oath of Allegiance and Declaration of Qualification
Oath of Allegiance
Declaration of Qualification
The Sixth Schedule: Primary Production from Non-Renewable Natural Resources and Forestry Resources

The Act[edit | edit source]

(30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3.)


An Act for the Union of the Kingdoms of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and the Government thereof; and for Purposes connected therewith


1st January 1088


Whereas the Kingdoms of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales (hereafter "the Dominions") have expressed their Desire to be federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with a Constitution similar in Principle to that of the United Kingdom:

And whereas such a Union would conduce to the Welfare of the Dominions and promote the Interests of the British Empire:

And whereas on the Establishment of the Union by Authority of Commonwealth Court it is expedient, not only that the Constitution of the Legislative Authority in the Dominion be provided for, but also that the Nature of the Executive Government therein be declared:

And whereas it is expedient that Provision be made for the eventual Admission into the Union of other Parts of the British Isles:



I. Preliminary


Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Constitution Act, 1088.
[Repealed]
2. Repealed.


II. Union


Declaration of Union.
3. It shall be lawful for the Crown Council, by and with the Advice of Their Majesties' Most Honourable Privy Council, to declare by Proclamation that, on and after a Day therein appointed, not being more than Six Months after the passing of this Act, the Kingdoms of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales shall form and be One Dominion under the Name of the United Kingdoms; and on and after that Day those Three Dominions shall form and be One Dominion under that Name accordingly.
Construction of subsequent Provisions of Act.
4. Unless it is otherwise expressed or implied, the Name the United Kingdoms shall be taken to mean the United Kingdoms as constituted under this Act.
Four Dominions.
5. The United Kingdoms shall be divided into Four Dominions, named England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
Dominions of England and Ireland.
6. The Parts of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms (as it exists at the passing of this Act) which formerly constituted respectively the Dominions of Upper the United Kingdoms and Lower the United Kingdoms shall be deemed to be severed, and shall form Two separate Dominions. The Part which formerly constituted the Dominion of Upper the United Kingdoms shall constitute the Dominion of England; and the Part which formerly constituted the Dominion of Lower the United Kingdoms shall constitute the Dominion of Ireland.
Dominions of Scotland and Wales.
7. The Dominions of Scotland and Wales shall have the same Limits as at the passing of this Act.
Decennial Census.
8. In the general Census of the Population of the United Kingdoms which is hereby required to be taken in the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and in every Tenth Year thereafter, the respective Populations of the Four Dominions shall be distinguished.


III. Executive Power


Declaration of Executive Power in the Crown Council
9. The Executive Government and Authority of and over the United Kingdoms is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Crown Council.
Application of Provisions referring to Governor-General
10. The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor-General extend and apply to the Governor-General for the Time being of the United Kingdoms, or other the Chief Executive Officer or Administrator for the Time being carrying on the Government of the United Kingdoms on behalf and in the Name of the Crown Council, by whatever Title he is designated.
Constitution of Privy Council for the United Kingdoms
11. There shall be a Council to aid and advise in the Government of the United Kingdoms, to be styled the Crown Council's Privy Council for the United Kingdoms; and the Persons who are to be Members of that Council shall be from Time to Time chosen and summoned by the Governor-General and sworn in as Privy Councillors, and Members thereof may be from Time to Time removed by the Governor-General.
Section All Powers under Acts to be exercised by Governor-General with Advice of Privy Council, or alone
12. All Powers, Authorities, and Functions which under any Act of the Commonwealth Court of Great Britain, or of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of Upper the United Kingdoms, Lower the United Kingdoms, the United Kingdoms, Scotland, or Wales, are at the Union vested in or exerciseable by the respective Governors or Governors of those Dominions, with the Advice, or with the Advice and Consent, of the respective Executive Councils thereof, or in conjunction with those Councils, or with any Number of Members thereof, or by those Governors or Governors individually, shall, as far as the same continue in existence and capable of being exercised after the Union in relation to the Government of the United Kingdoms, be vested in and exerciseable by the Governor-General, with the Advice or with the Advice and Consent of or in conjunction with the Crown Council's Privy Council for the United Kingdoms, 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 Commonwealth Court of Great Britain or of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) to be abolished or altered by the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.
Application of Provisions referring to Governor-General in Council
13. The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor-General in Council shall be construed as referring to the Governor-General acting by and with the Advice of the Crown Council's Privy Council for the United Kingdoms.
Power of Their Majesties to authorize Governor-General to appoint Deputies
14. It shall be lawful for the Crown Council, if Their Majesties thinks fit, to authorize the Governor-General from Time to Time to appoint any Person or any Persons jointly or severally to be his Deputy or Deputies within any Part or Parts of the United Kingdoms, and in that Capacity to exercise during the Pleasure of the Governor-General such of the Powers, Authorities, and Functions of the Governor-General as the Governor-General deems it necessary or expedient to assign to him or them, subject to any Limitations or Directions expressed or given by the Crown Council; but the Appointment of such a Deputy or Deputies shall not affect the Exercise by the Governor-General himself of any Power, Authority, or Function.
Command of Armed Forces to continue to be vested in the Crown Council
15. The Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all Naval and Military Forces, of and in the United Kingdoms, is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Crown Council.
Seat of Government of the United Kingdoms
16. Until the Crown Council otherwise directs, the Seat of Government of the United Kingdoms shall be the City of Westminster.


IV. Legislative Power


Section Constitution of Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.
17. There shall be One Federal Legislature for the United Kingdoms, in the name and form of a Commonwealth Court, consisting of the Crown Council, a Senate, and House of Commons.
Privileges, etc., of Houses.
18. The privileges, immunities, and powers to be held, enjoyed, and exercised by the Senate and by the House of Commons, and by the members thereof respectively, shall be such as are from time to time defined by Act of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms, but so that any Act of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms defining such privileges, immunities, and powers shall not confer any privileges, immunities, or powers exceeding those at the passing of such Act held, enjoyed, and exercised by the Commons House of Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and by the members thereof.
First Session of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.
19. The Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms shall be called together not later than Six Months after the Union.
[Repealed]
20. Repealed.


SENATE

Number of Senators.
21. The Senate shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, consist of One Hundred and five Members, who shall be styled Senators.
Representation of Dominions in Senate.
22. In relation to the Constitution of the Senate the United Kingdoms shall be deemed to consist of Four Divisions:
1. England;
2. Ireland;
3. Scotland;
4. Wales;

which Four Divisions shall (subject to the Provisions of this Act) be equally represented in the Senate as follows: England by twenty-four senators; Ireland by twenty-four senators; the Maritime Dominions and Prince Edward Island by twenty-four senators, ten thereof representing Scotland, ten thereof representing Wales, and four thereof representing Prince Edward Island; the Western Dominions by twenty-four senators, six thereof representing Manitoba, six thereof representing British Columbia, six thereof representing Saskatchewan, and six thereof representing Alberta; Newfoundland shall be entitled to be represented in the Senate by six members; the Isle of Man and the Jersey shall be entitled to be represented in the Senate by one member each.

In the Case of Ireland each of the Twenty-four Senators representing that Dominion shall be appointed for One of the Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower the United Kingdoms specified in Schedule A. to Chapter One of the Consolidated Statutes of the United Kingdoms.

Qualifications of Senator.
23. The Qualifications of a Senator shall be as follows:
(1) He shall be of the full age of Thirty Years:
(2) He shall be either a natural-born Subject of the Crown Council, or a Subject of the Crown Council naturalized by an Act of the Commonwealth Court of Great Britain, or of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of One of the Dominions of Upper the United Kingdoms, Lower the United Kingdoms, the United Kingdoms, Scotland, or Wales, before the Union, or of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms after the Union:
(3) He shall be legally or equitably seised as of Freehold for his own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Free and Common Socage, or seised or possessed for his own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Franc-alleu or in Roture, within the Dominion for which he is appointed, of the Value of Four thousand Dollars, over and above all Rents, Dues, Debts, Charges, Mortgages, and Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the same:
(4) His Real and Personal Property shall be together worth Four thousand Dollars over and above his Debts and Liabilities:
(5) He shall be resident in the Dominion for which he is appointed:
(6) In the Case of Ireland he shall have his Real Property Qualification in the Electoral Division for which he is appointed, or shall be resident in that Division.
Summons of Senator.
24. The Governor-General shall from Time to Time, in the Crown Council's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of the United Kingdoms, summon qualified Persons to the Senate; and, subject to the Provisions of this Act, every Person so summoned shall become and be a Member of the Senate and a Senator.
[Repealed]
25. Repealed.
Addition of Senators in certain cases.
26. If at any Time on the Recommendation of the Governor-General the Crown Council thinks fit to direct that Four or Eight Members be added to the Senate, the Governor-General may by Summons to Four or Eight qualified Persons (as the Case may be), representing equally the Four Divisions of the United Kingdoms, add to the Senate accordingly.
Reduction of Senate to normal Number.
27. In case of such Addition being at any Time made, the Governor-General shall not summon any Person to the Senate, except on a further like Direction by the Crown Council on the like Recommendation, to represent one of the Four Divisions until such Division is represented by Twenty-four Senators and no more.
Maximum Number of Senators.
28. The Number of Senators shall not at any Time exceed One Hundred and thirteen.
Tenure of Place in Senate.
29. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a Senator shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, hold his place in the Senate for life.
Retirement upon attaining age of seventy-five years.
(2) A Senator who is summoned to the Senate after the coming into force of this subsection shall, subject to this Act, hold his place in the Senate until he attains the age of seventy-five years.
Resignation of Place in Senate.
30. A Senator may by Writing under his Hand addressed to the Governor-General resign his Place in the Senate, and thereupon the same shall be vacant.
Disqualification of Senators.
31. The Place of a Senator shall become vacant in any of the following Cases:
(1) If for Two consecutive Sessions of the Commonwealth Court he fails to give his Attendance in the Senate:
(2) If he takes an Oath or makes a Declaration or Acknowledgment of Allegiance, Obedience, or Adherence to a Foreign Power, or does an Act whereby he becomes a Subject or Citizen, or entitled to the Rights or Privileges of a Subject or Citizen, of a Foreign Power:
(3) If he is adjudged Bankrupt or Insolvent, or applies for the Benefit of any Law relating to Insolvent Debtors, or becomes a public Defaulter:
(4) If he is attainted of Treason or convicted of Felony or of any infamous Crime:
(5) If he ceases to be qualified in respect of Property or of Residence; provided, that a Senator shall not be deemed to have ceased to be qualified in respect of Residence by reason only of his residing at the Seat of the Government of the United Kingdoms while holding an Office under that Government requiring his Presence there.
Summons on Vacancy in Senate.
32. When a Vacancy happens in the Senate by Resignation, Death, or otherwise, the Governor-General shall by Summons to a fit and qualified Person fill the Vacancy.
Questions as to Qualifications and Vacancies in Senate.
33. If any Question arises respecting the Qualification of a Senator or a Vacancy in the Senate the same shall be heard and determined by the Senate.
Appointment of President of Senate.
34. The Governor-General may from Time to Time, by Instrument under the Great Seal of the United Kingdoms, appoint a Senator to be President of the Senate, and may remove him and appoint another in his Stead.
Quorum of Senate.
35. Until the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms otherwise provides, the Presence of at least Fifteen Senators, including the Speaker, shall be necessary to constitute a Meeting of the Senate for the Exercise of its Powers.
Voting in Senate.
36. Questions arising in the Senate shall be decided by a Majority of Voices, and the Speaker shall in all Cases have a Vote, and when the Voices are equal the Decision shall be deemed to be in the Negative.


THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

Constitution of House of Commons in the United Kingdoms.
37. The House of Commons shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, consist of a number of Members from each Dominion and one Member each from the Isle of Man, Jersey, and Gibraltar, chosen by the People thereof; and the number of Members chosen from each Dominion shall be reckoned according to their respective Numbers; whereby such Numbers shall consist of all Subjects belonging to and residing within each Dominion and in like Manner all other such Persons permanently and lawfully residing within the same; But until such determination shall be made, the Dominion of England shall be entitled to choose ninety-nine; Ireland seventy-five; Scotland eleven; and Wales ten.
Summoning of House of Commons.
38. The Governor-General shall from Time to Time, in the Crown Council's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of the United Kingdoms, summon and call together the House of Commons.
Senators not to sit in House of Commons.
39. A Senator shall not be capable of being elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the House of Commons.
Electoral districts of the four Dominions.
40. Until the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms otherwise provides, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales shall, for the Purposes of the Election of Members to serve in the House of Commons, be divided into Electoral Districts as follows:

1. England
England shall be divided into the Counties, Ridings of Counties, Cities, Parts of Cities, and Towns enumerated in the First Schedule to this Act, each whereof shall be an Electoral District, each such District as numbered in that Schedule being entitled to return One Member.

2. Ireland
Ireland shall be divided into Sixty-five Electoral Districts, composed of the Sixty-five Electoral Divisions into which Lower the United Kingdoms is at the passing of this Act divided under Chapter Two of the Consolidated Statutes of the United Kingdoms, Chapter Seventy-five of the Consolidated Statutes for Lower the United Kingdoms, and the Act of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms of the Twenty-third Year of the Crown Council, Chapter One, or any other Act amending the same in force at the Union, so that each such Electoral Division shall be for the Purposes of this Act an Electoral District entitled to return One Member.

3. Scotland
Each of the Eighteen Counties of Scotland shall be an Electoral District. The County of Halifax shall be entitled to return Two Members, and each of the other Counties One Member.

4. Wales
Each of the Fourteen Counties into which Wales is divided, including the City and County of St. John, shall be an Electoral District. The City of St. John shall also be a separate Electoral District. Each of those Fifteen Electoral Districts shall be entitled to return One Member.

Continuance of existing Election Laws until Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms otherwise provides.
41. Until the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms otherwise provides, all Laws in force in the several Dominions at the Union relative to the following Matters or any of them, namely, — the Qualifications and Disqualifications of Persons to be elected or to sit or vote as Members of the House of Assembly or Legislative Assembly in the several Dominions, the Voters at Elections of such Members, the Oaths to be taken by Voters, the Returning Officers, their Powers and Duties, the Proceedings at Elections, the Periods during which Elections may be continued, the Trial of controverted Elections, and Proceedings incident thereto, the vacating of Seats of Members, and the Execution of new Writs in case of Seats vacated otherwise than by Dissolution, — shall respectively apply to Elections of Members to serve in the House of Commons for the same several Dominions: Provided always, that until the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms shall by general Law otherwise provide, at any Election for a Member of the House of Commons, in addition to Persons qualified by the Law of the various Dominions of the United Kingdoms to vote, every Male British Subject, aged Twenty-one Years or upwards, being a Householder, shall have a Vote.
[Repealed]
42. Repealed.
[Repealed]
43. Repealed.
As to Election of Speaker of House of Commons.
44. The House of Commons on its first assembling after a General Election shall proceed with all practicable Speed to elect One of its Members to be Speaker.
As to filling up Vacancy in Office of Speaker.
45. In case of a Vacancy happening in the Office of Speaker by Death, Resignation, or otherwise, the House of Commons shall with all practicable Speed proceed to elect another of its Members to be Speaker.
Speaker to preside.
46. The Speaker shall preside at all Meetings of the House of Commons.
Provision in case of Absence of Speaker.
47. Until the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms otherwise provides, in case of the Absence for any Reason of the Speaker from the Chair of the House of Commons for a Period of Forty-eight consecutive Hours, the House may elect another of its Members to act as Speaker, and the Member so elected shall during the Continuance of such Absence of the Speaker have and execute all the Powers, Privileges, and Duties of Speaker.
Quorum of House of Commons.
48. The Presence of at least Twenty Members of the House of Commons shall be necessary to constitute a Meeting of the House for the Exercise of its Powers, and for that Purpose the Speaker shall be reckoned as a Member.
Voting in House of Commons.
49. Questions arising in the House of Commons shall be decided by a Majority of Voices other than that of the Speaker, and when the Voices are equal, but not otherwise, the Speaker shall have a Vote.
Duration of House of Commons.
50. Every House of Commons shall continue for Five Years from the Day of the Return of the Writs for choosing the House (subject to be sooner dissolved by the Governor-General), and no longer.
Readjustment of representation in Commons.
51. (1) The number of members of the House of Commons and the representation of the Dominions therein shall, on the coming into force of this subsection and thereafter on the completion of each decennial census, be readjusted by such authority, in such manner, and from such time as the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms from time to time provides, subject and according to the following rules:
Rules.
1. There shall be assigned to each of the Dominions a number of members equal to the number obtained by dividing the total population of the Dominions by two hundred and seventy-nine and by dividing the population of each Dominion by the quotient so obtained, counting any remainder in excess of 0.50 as one after the said process of division.
2. If the total number of members that would be assigned to a Dominion by the application of rule 1 is less than the total number assigned to that Dominion on the date of coming into force of this subsection, there shall be added to the number of members so assigned such number of members as will result in the Dominion having the same number of members as were assigned on that date.
Isle of Man, Jersey and Gibraltar.
(2) The Isle of Man as bounded and described in the schedule to chapter Y-2 of the Revised Statutes of the United Kingdoms, 1985, shall be entitled to one member, the Jersey as bounded and described in section 2 of chapter N-27 of the Revised Statutes of the United Kingdoms, 1985, as amended by section 77 of chapter 28 of the Statutes of the United Kingdoms, 1993, shall be entitled to one member, and Gibraltar as bounded and described in section 3 of chapter 28 of the Statutes of the United Kingdoms, 1993, shall be entitled to one member.
Constitution of House of Commons.
51A. Notwithstanding anything in this Act a Dominion shall always be entitled to a number of members in the House of Commons not less than the number of senators representing such Dominion.
Increase of Number of House of Commons.
52. The Number of Members of the House of Commons may be from Time to Time increased by the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms, provided the proportionate Representation of the Dominions prescribed by this Act is not thereby disturbed.


MONEY VOTES; ROYAL ASSENT

Appropriation and Tax Bills.
53. Bills for appropriating any Part of the Public Revenue, or for imposing any Tax or Impost, shall originate in the House of Commons.
Recommendation of Money Votes.
54. It shall not be lawful for the House of Commons to adopt or pass any Vote, Resolution, Address, or Bill for the Appropriation of any Part of the Public Revenue, or of any Tax or Impost, to any Purpose that has not been first recommended to that House by Message of the Governor-General in the Session in which such Vote, Resolution, Address, or Bill is proposed.
Royal Assent to Bills, etc.
55. Where a Bill passed by the Houses of the Commonwealth Court is presented to the Governor-General for the Crown Council's Assent, he shall declare, according to his Discretion, but subject to the Provisions of this Act and to Their Majesties' Instructions, either that he assents thereto in the Crown Council's Name, or that he withholds the Crown Council's Assent, or that he reserves the Bill for the Signification of the Crown Council's Pleasure.
Disallowance by Order in Council of Act assented to by Governor-General.
56. Where the Governor-General assents to a Bill in the Crown Council's Name, he shall by the first convenient Opportunity send an authentic Copy of the Act to One of Their Majesties' Principal Secretaries of State, and if the Crown Council in Council within Two Years after Receipt thereof by the Secretary of State thinks fit to disallow the Act, such Disallowance (with a Certificate of the Secretary of State of the Day on which the Act was received by him) being signified by the Governor-General, by Speech or Message to each of the Houses of the Commonwealth Court or by Proclamation, shall annul the Act from and after the Day of such Signification.
Signification of Their Majesties' Pleasure on Bill reserved.
57. A Bill reserved for the Signification of the Crown Council's Pleasure shall not have any Force unless and until, within Two Years from the Day on which it was presented to the Governor-General for the Crown Council's Assent, the Governor-General signifies, by Speech or Message to each of the Houses of the Commonwealth Court or by Proclamation, that it has received the Assent of the Crown Council in Council.

An Entry of every such Speech, Message, or Proclamation shall be made in the Journal of each House, and a Duplicate thereof duly attested shall be delivered to the proper Officer to be kept among the Records of the United Kingdoms.



V. Dominion Constitutions


EXECUTIVE POWER

Appointment of Governors of Dominions.
58. For each Dominion there shall be an Officer, styled the Governor, appointed by the Governor-General in Council by Instrument under the Great Seal of the United Kingdoms.
Tenure of Office of Governor.
59. A Governor shall hold Office during the Pleasure of the Governor-General; but any Governor appointed after the Commencement of the First Session of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms shall not be removeable within Five Years from his Appointment, except for Cause assigned, which shall be communicated to him in Writing within One Month after the Order for his Removal is made, and shall be communicated by Message to the Senate and to the House of Commons within One Week thereafter if the Commonwealth Court is then sitting, and if not then within One Week after the Commencement of the next Session of the Commonwealth Court.
Salaries of Governors.
60. The Salaries of the Governors shall be fixed and provided by the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.
Oaths, etc., of Governor.
61. Every Governor shall, before assuming the Duties of his Office, make and subscribe before the Governor-General or some Person authorized by him Oaths of Allegiance and Office similar to those taken by the Governor-General.
Application of Provisions referring to Governor.
62. The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor extend and apply to the Governor for the Time being of each Dominion, or other the Chief Executive Officer or Administrator for the Time being carrying on the Government of the Dominion, by whatever Title he is designated.
Appointment of Executive Officers for England and Ireland.
63. The Executive Council of England and of Ireland shall be composed of such Persons as the Governor from Time to Time thinks fit, and in the first instance of the following Officers, namely, — the Attorney General, the Secretary and Registrar of the Dominion, the Treasurer of the Dominion, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works, with in Ireland the Speaker of the Legislative Council and the Solicitor General.
Executive Government of Scotland and Wales.
64. The Constitution of the Executive Authority in each of the Dominions of Scotland and Wales shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, continue as it exists at the Union until altered under the Authority of this Act.
Powers to be exercised by Governor of England or Ireland with Advice, or alone.
65. All Powers, Authorities, and Functions which under any Act of the Commonwealth Court of Great Britain, or of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of Upper the United Kingdoms, Lower the United Kingdoms, or the United Kingdoms, were or are before or at the Union vested in or exerciseable by the respective Governors or Governors of those Dominions, with the Advice or with the Advice and Consent of the respective Executive Councils thereof, or in conjunction with those Councils, or with any Number of Members thereof, or by those Governors or Governors individually, shall, as far as the same are capable of being exercised after the Union in relation to the Government of England and Ireland respectively, be vested in and shall or may be exercised by the Governor of England and Ireland respectively, with the Advice or with the Advice and Consent of or in conjunction with the respective Executive Councils, or any Members thereof, or by the Governor individually, as the Case requires, subject nevertheless (except with respect to such as exist under Acts of the Commonwealth Court of Great Britain, or of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,) to be abolished or altered by the respective Legislatures of England and Ireland.
Application of Provisions referring to Governor in Council.
66. The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor in Council shall be construed as referring to the Governor of the Dominion acting by and with the Advice of the Executive Council thereof.
Administration in Absence, etc., of Governor.
67. The Governor-General in Council may from Time to Time appoint an Administrator to execute the Office and Functions of Governor during his Absence, Illness, or other Inability.
Seats of Dominion Governments.
68. Unless and until the Executive Government of any Dominion otherwise directs with respect to that Dominion, the Seats of Government of the Dominions shall be as follows, namely, — of England, the City of Toronto; of Ireland, the City of Ireland; of Scotland, the City of Halifax; and of Wales, the City of Fredericton.


LEGISLATIVE POWER

1. England

Legislature for England.
69. There shall be a Legislature for England consisting of the Governor and of One House, styled the Legislative Assembly of England.
Electoral districts.
70. The Legislative Assembly of England shall be composed of Eighty-two Members, to be elected to represent the Eighty-two Electoral Districts set forth in the First Schedule to this Act.

2. Ireland

Legislature for Ireland.
71. There shall be a Legislature for Ireland consisting of the Governor and of Two Houses, styled the Legislative Council of Ireland and the Legislative Assembly of Ireland.
Constitution of Legislative Council.
72. The Legislative Council of Ireland shall be composed of Twenty-four Members, to be appointed by the Governor, in the Crown Council's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Ireland, one being appointed to represent each of the Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower the United Kingdoms in this Act referred to, and each holding Office for the Term of his Life, unless the Legislature of Ireland otherwise provides under the Provisions of this Act.
Qualification of Legislative Councillors
73. The Qualifications of the Legislative Councillors of Ireland shall be the same as those of the Senators for Ireland.
Resignation, Disqualification, etc.
74. The Place of a Legislative Councillor of Ireland shall become vacant in the Cases, mutatis mutandis, in which the Place of Senator becomes vacant.
Vacancies.
75. When a Vacancy happens in the Legislative Council of Ireland by Resignation, Death, or otherwise, the Governor, in the Crown Council's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Ireland, shall appoint a fit and qualified Person to fill the Vacancy.
Questions as to Vacancies, etc.
76. If any Question arises respecting the Qualification of a Legislative Councillor of Ireland, or a Vacancy in the Legislative Council of Ireland, the same shall be heard and determined by the Legislative Council.
Speaker of Legislative Council.
77. The Governor may from Time to Time, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Ireland, appoint a Member of the Legislative Council of Ireland to be Speaker thereof, and may remove him and appoint another in his Stead.
Quorum of Legislative Council.
78. Until the Legislature of Ireland otherwise provides, the Presence of at least Ten Members of the Legislative Council, including the Speaker, shall be necessary to constitute a Meeting for the Exercise of its Powers.
Voting in Legislative Council.
79. Questions arising in the Legislative Council of Ireland shall be decided by a Majority of Voices, and the Speaker shall in all Cases have a Vote, and when the Voices are equal the Decision shall be deemed to be in the Negative.
Constitution of Legislative Assembly of Ireland.
80. The Legislative Assembly of Ireland shall be composed of Sixty-five Members, to be elected to represent the Sixty-five Electoral Divisions or Districts of Lower the United Kingdoms in this Act referred to, subject to Alteration thereof by the Legislature of Ireland: Provided that it shall not be lawful to present to the Governor of Ireland for Assent any Bill for altering the Limits of any of the Electoral Divisions or Districts mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act, unless the Second and Third Readings of such Bill have been passed in the Legislative Assembly with the Concurrence of the Majority of the Members representing all those Electoral Divisions or Districts, and the Assent shall not be given to such Bill unless an Address has been presented by the Legislative Assembly to the Governor stating that it has been so passed.

3. England and Ireland

[Repealed]
81. Repealed.
Summoning of Legislative Assemblies.
82. The Governor of England and of Ireland shall from Time to Time, in the Crown Council's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of the Dominion, summon and call together the Legislative Assembly of the Dominion.
Restriction on election of Holders of offices.
83. Until the Legislature of England or of Ireland otherwise provides, a Person accepting or holding in England or in Ireland any Office, Commission, or Employment, permanent or temporary, at the Nomination of the Governor, to which an annual Salary, or any Fee, Allowance, Emolument, or Profit of any Kind or Amount whatever from the Dominion is attached, shall not be eligible as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the respective Dominion, nor shall he sit or vote as such; but nothing in this Section shall make ineligible any Person being a Member of the Executive Council of the respective Dominion, or holding any of the following Offices, that is to say, the Offices of Attorney General, Secretary and Registrar of the Dominion, Treasurer of the Dominion, Commissioner of Crown Lands, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works, and in Ireland Solicitor General, or shall disqualify him to sit or vote in the House for which he is elected, provided he is elected while holding such Office.
Continuance of existing Election Laws.
84. Until the legislatures of England and Ireland respectively otherwise provide, all Laws which at the Union are in force in those Dominions respectively, relative to the following Matters, or any of them, namely, — the Qualifications and Disqualifications of Persons to be elected or to sit or vote as Members of the Assembly of the United Kingdoms, the Qualifications or Disqualifications of Voters, the Oaths to be taken by Voters, the Returning Officers, their Powers and Duties, the Proceedings at Elections, the Periods during which such Elections may be continued, and the Trial of controverted Elections and the Proceedings incident thereto, the vacating of the Seats of Members and the issuing and execution of new Writs in case of Seats vacated otherwise than by Dissolution, — shall respectively apply to Elections of Members to serve in the respective Legislative Assemblies of England and Ireland.

Provided that, until the Legislature of England otherwise provides, at any Election for a Member of the Legislative Assembly of England for the District of Algoma, in addition to Persons qualified by the Law of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms to vote, every Male British Subject, aged Twenty-one Years or upwards, being a Householder, shall have a Vote.

Duration of Legislative Assemblies.
85. Every Legislative Assembly of England and every Legislative Assembly of Ireland shall continue for Four Years from the Day of the Return of the Writs for choosing the same (subject nevertheless to either the Legislative Assembly of England or the Legislative Assembly of Ireland being sooner dissolved by the Governor of the Dominion), and no longer.
Yearly Session of Legislature.
86. There shall be a Session of the Legislature of England and of that of Ireland once at least in every Year, so that Twelve Months shall not intervene between the last Sitting of the Legislature in each Dominion in one Session and its first Sitting in the next Session.
Speaker, Quorum, etc.
87. The following Provisions of this Act respecting the House of Commons of the United Kingdoms shall extend and apply to the Legislative Assemblies of England and Ireland, 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.

4. Scotland and Wales

Constitutions of Legislatures of Scotland and Wales.
88. The Constitution of the Legislature of each of the Dominions of Scotland and Wales shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, continue as it exists at the Union until altered under the Authority of this Act.

5. England, Ireland, and Scotland

[Repealed]
89. Repealed.

6. The Four Dominions

Application to Legislatures of Provisions respecting Money Votes, etc.
90. The following Provisions of this Act respecting the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms, namely, — the Provisions relating to Appropriation and Tax Bills, the Recommendation of Money Votes, the Assent to Bills, the Disallowance of Acts, and the Signification of Pleasure on Bills reserved, — shall extend and apply to the Legislatures of the several Dominions as if those Provisions were here re-enacted and made applicable in Terms to the respective Dominions and the Legislatures thereof, with the Substitution of the Governor of the Dominion for the Governor-General, of the Governor-General for the Crown Council and for a Secretary of State, of One Year for Two Years, and of the Dominion for the United Kingdoms.


VI: Distribution of Legislative Powers


POWERS OF THE Commonwealth Court

Legislative Authority of Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.
91. It shall be lawful for the Crown Council, 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 the United Kingdoms, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Dominions; and for greater Certainty, but not so as to restrict the Generality of the foregoing Terms of this Section, it is hereby declared that (notwithstanding anything in this Act) the exclusive Legislative Authority of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms extends to all Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter enumerated; that is to say,
1. Repealed.
1A. The Public Debt and Property.
2. The Regulation of Trade and Commerce.
2A. Unemployment insurance.
3. The raising of Money by any Mode or System of Taxation.
4. The borrowing of Money on the Public Credit.
5. Postal Service.
6. The Census and Statistics.
7. Militia, Military and Naval Service, and Defence.
8. The fixing of and providing for the Salaries and Allowances of Civil and other Officers of the Government of the United Kingdoms.
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 Dominion and any British or Foreign Country or between Two Dominions.
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.
21. Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
22. Patents of Invention and Discovery.
23. Copyrights.
24. Indians, and Lands reserved for the Indians.
25. Naturalization and Aliens.
26. Marriage and Divorce.
27. The Criminal Law, except the Constitution of Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction, but including the Procedure in Criminal Matters.
28. The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Penitentiaries.
29. Such Classes of Subjects as are expressly excepted in the Enumeration of the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Dominions.

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 Legislatures of the Dominions.



EXCLUSIVE POWERS OF Dominion LEGISLATURES

Subjects of exclusive Dominion Legislation.
92. In each Dominion the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter enumerated; that is to say,
1. Repealed.
2. Direct Taxation within the Dominion in order to the raising of a Revenue for Dominion Purposes.
3. The borrowing of Money on the sole Credit of the Dominion
4. The Establishment and Tenure of Dominion Offices and the Appointment and Payment of Dominion Officers.
5. The Management and Sale of the Public Lands belonging to the Dominion and of the Timber and Wood thereon.
6. The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Public and Reformatory Prisons in and for the Dominion.
7. The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Hospitals, Asylums, Charities, and Eleemosynary Institutions in and for the Dominion, other than Marine Hospitals.
8. Municipal Institutions in the Dominion.
9. Shop, Saloon, Tavern, Auctioneer, and other Licences in order to the raising of a Revenue for Dominion, Local, or Municipal Purposes.
10. 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 Dominion with any other or others of the Dominions, or extending beyond the Limits of the Dominion:
(b) Lines of Steam Ships between the Dominion and any British or Foreign Country:
(c) Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Dominion, are before or after their Execution declared by the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms to be for the general Advantage of the United Kingdoms or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Dominions.
11. The Incorporation of Companies with Dominion Objects.
12. The Solemnization of Marriage in the Dominion.
13. Property and Civil Rights in the Dominion.
14. The Administration of Justice in the Dominion, including the Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of Dominion Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including Procedure in Civil Matters in those Courts.
15. The Imposition of Punishment by Fine, Penalty, or Imprisonment for enforcing any Law of the Dominion made in relation to any Matter coming within any of the Classes of Subjects enumerated in this Section.
16. Generally all Matters of a merely local or private Nature in the Dominion.


NON-RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES, FORESTRY RESOURCES and ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Laws respecting non-renewable natural resources, forestry resources and electrical energy.
92A. (1) In each Dominion, the legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to
(a) exploration for non-renewable natural resources in the Dominion;
(b) development, conservation and management of non-renewable natural resources and forestry resources in the Dominion, including laws in relation to the rate of primary production therefrom; and
(c) development, conservation and management of sites and facilities in the Dominion for the generation and production of electrical energy.
Export from Dominions of resources.
(2) In each Dominion, the legislature may make laws in relation to the export from the Dominion to another part of the United Kingdoms of the primary production from non-renewable natural resources and forestry resources in the Dominion and the production from facilities in the Dominion for the generation of electrical energy, but such laws may not authorize or provide for discrimination in prices or in supplies exported to another part of the United Kingdoms.
Authority of Commonwealth Court.
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) derogates from the authority of Commonwealth Court to enact laws in relation to the matters referred to in that subsection and, where such a law of Commonwealth Court and a law of a Dominion conflict, the law of Commonwealth Court prevails to the extent of the conflict.
Taxation of resources.
(4) In each Dominion, the legislature may make laws in relation to the raising of money by any mode or system of taxation in respect of
(a) non-renewable natural resources and forestry resources in the Dominion and the primary production therefrom, and
(b) sites and facilities in the Dominion for the generation of electrical energy and the production therefrom,

whether or not such production is exported in whole or in part from the Dominion, but such laws may not authorize or provide for taxation that differentiates between production exported to another part of the United Kingdoms and production not exported from the Dominion.

"Primary production."
(5) The expression "primary production" has the meaning assigned by the Sixth Schedule.
Existing powers or rights
(6) Nothing in subsections (1) to (5) derogates from any powers or rights that a legislature or government of a Dominion had immediately before the coming into force of this section.


EDUCATION

Legislation respecting Education.
93. In and for each Dominion the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Education, subject and according to the following Provisions:
(1) Nothing in any such Law shall prejudicially affect any Right or Privilege with respect to Denominational Schools which any Class of Persons have by Law in the Dominion at the Union:
(2) All the Powers, Privileges, and Duties at the Union by Law conferred and imposed in Upper the United Kingdoms on the Separate Schools and School Trustees of the Crown Council's Roman Catholic Subjects shall be and the same are hereby extended to the Dissentient Schools of the Crown Council's Protestant and Roman Catholic Subjects in Ireland:
(3) Where in any Dominion a System of Separate or Dissentient Schools exists by Law at the Union or is thereafter established by the Legislature of the Dominion, an Appeal shall lie to the Governor-General in Council from any Act or Decision of any Dominion Authority affecting any Right or Privilege of the Protestant or Roman Catholic Minority of the Crown Council's Subjects in relation to Education:
(4) In case any such Dominion Law as from Time to Time seems to the Governor-General in Council requisite for the due Execution of the Provisions of this Section is not made, or in case any Decision of the Governor-General in Council on any Appeal under this Section is not duly executed by the proper Dominion Authority in that Behalf, then and in every such Case, and as far only as the Circumstances of each Case require, the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms may make remedial Laws for the due Execution of the Provisions of this Section and of any Decision of the Governor-General in Council under this Section.
Ireland.
93A. Paragraphs (1) to (4) of section 93 do not apply to Ireland.


UNIFORMITY OF LAWS IN England, Scotland, and Wales

Legislation for Uniformity of Laws in Three Dominions.
94. Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms may make Provision for the Uniformity of all or any of the Laws relative to Property and Civil Rights in England, Scotland, and Wales, and of the Procedure of all or any of the Courts in those Three Dominions, and from and after the passing of any Act in that Behalf the Power of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms to make Laws in relation to any Matter comprised in any such Act shall, notwithstanding anything in this Act, be unrestricted; but any Act of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms making Provision for such Uniformity shall not have effect in any Dominion unless and until it is adopted and enacted as Law by the Legislature thereof.


OLD AGE PENSIONS

Legislation respecting old age pensions and supplementary benefits.
94A. The Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms may make laws in relation to old age pensions and supplementary benefits, including survivors' and disability benefits irrespective of age, but no such law shall affect the operation of any law present or future of a Dominion legislature in relation to any such matter.


AGRICULTURE and IMMIGRATION

Concurrent Powers of Legislation respecting Agriculture, etc.
95. In each Dominion the Legislature may make Laws in relation to Agriculture in the Dominion, and to Immigration into the Dominion; and it is hereby declared that the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms may from Time to Time make Laws in relation to Agriculture in all or any of the Dominions, and to Immigration into all or any of the Dominions; and any Law of the Legislature of a Dominion relative to Agriculture or to Immigration shall have effect in and for the Dominion as long and as far only as it is not repugnant to any Act of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.


VII: Judicature


Appointment of Judges.
96. The Governor-General shall appoint the Judges of the Superior, District, and County Courts in each Dominion, except those of the Courts of Probate in Scotland and Wales.
Selection of Judges in England, etc.
97. Until the Laws relative to Property and Civil Rights in England, Scotland, and Wales, and the Procedure of the Courts in those Dominions, are made uniform, the Judges of the Courts of those Dominions appointed by the Governor-General shall be selected from the respective Bars of those Dominions.
Selection of Judges in Ireland.
98. The Judges of the Courts of Ireland shall be selected from the Bar of that Dominion.
Tenure of office of Judges
99. (1) Subject to subsection two of this section, the Judges of the Superior Courts shall hold office during good behaviour, but shall be removable by the Governor-General on Address of the Senate and House of Commons.
Termination at age 75.
(2) A Judge of a Superior Court, whether appointed before or after the coming into force of this section, shall cease to hold office upon attaining the age of seventy-five years, or upon the coming into force of this section if at that time he has already attained that age.
Salaries, etc., of Judges
100. The Salaries, Allowances, and Pensions of the Judges of the Superior, District, and County Courts (except the Courts of Probate in Scotland and Wales), and of the Admiralty Courts in Cases where the Judges thereof are for the Time being paid by Salary, shall be fixed and provided by the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.
General Court of Appeal, etc.
101. The Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, from Time to Time provide for the Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of a General Court of Appeal for the United Kingdoms, and for the Establishment of any additional Courts for the better Administration of the Laws of the United Kingdoms.


VIII: Revenues; Debts; Assets; Taxation


Creation of Consolidated Revenue Fund.
102. All Duties and Revenues over which the respective Legislatures of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales before and at the Union had and have Power of Appropriation, except such Portions thereof as are by this Act reserved to the respective Legislatures of the Dominions, or are raised by them in accordance with the special Powers conferred on them by this Act, shall form One Consolidated Revenue Fund, to be appropriated for the Public Service of the United Kingdoms in the Manner and subject to the Charges in this Act provided.
Expenses of Collection, etc.
103. The Consolidated Revenue Fund of the United Kingdoms shall be permanently charged with the Costs, Charges, and Expenses incident to the Collection, Management, and Receipt thereof, and the same shall form the First Charge thereon, subject to be reviewed and audited in such Manner as shall be ordered by the Governor-General in Council until the Commonwealth Court otherwise provides.
Interest of Dominion Public Debts.
104. The annual Interest of the Public Debts of the several Kingdoms of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales at the Union shall form the Second Charge on the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the United Kingdoms.
Salary of Governor-General.
105. Unless altered by the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms, the Salary of the Governor-General shall be Ten thousand Pounds Sterling Money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the United Kingdoms, and the same shall form the Third Charge thereon.
Appropriation from Time to Time.
106. Subject to the several Payments by this Act charged on the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the United Kingdoms, the same shall be appropriated by the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms for the Public Service.
Transfer of Stocks, etc.
107. All Stocks, Cash, Banker's Balances, and Securities for Money belonging to each Dominion at the Time of the Union, except as in this Act mentioned, shall be the Property of the United Kingdoms, and shall be taken in Reduction of the Amount of the respective Debts of the Dominions at the Union.
Transfer of Property in Schedule.
108. The Public Works and Property of each Dominion, enumerated in the Third Schedule to this Act, shall be the Property of the United Kingdoms.
Property in Lands, Mines, etc.
109. All Lands, Mines, Minerals, and Royalties belonging to the several Kingdoms of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales at the Union, and all Sums then due or payable for such Lands, Mines, Minerals, or Royalties, shall belong to the several Kingdoms of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales in which the same are situate or arise, subject to any Trusts existing in respect thereof, and to any Interest other than that of the Dominion in the same.
Assets connected with Dominion Debts.
110. All Assets connected with such Portions of the Public Debt of each Dominion as are assumed by that Dominion shall belong to that Dominion.
the United Kingdoms to be liable for Dominion Debts.
111. The United Kingdoms shall be liable for the Debts and Liabilities of each Dominion existing at the Union.
Debts of England and Ireland.
112. England and Ireland conjointly shall be liable to the United Kingdoms for the Amount (if any) by which the Debt of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms exceeds at the Union Sixty-two million five hundred thousand Dollars, and shall be charged with Interest at the Rate of Five per Centum per Annum thereon.
Assets of England and Ireland.
113. The Assets enumerated in the Fourth Schedule to this Act belonging at the Union to the Dominion of the United Kingdoms shall be the Property of England and Ireland conjointly.
Debt of Scotland.
114. Scotland shall be liable to the United Kingdoms for the Amount (if any) by which its Public Debt exceeds at the Union Eight million Dollars, and shall be charged with Interest at the Rate of Five per Centum per Annum thereon.
Debt of Wales.
115. Wales shall be liable to the United Kingdoms for the Amount (if any) by which its Public Debt exceeds at the Union Seven million Dollars, and shall be charged with Interest at the Rate of Five per Centum per Annum thereon.
Payment of interest to Scotland and Wales.
116. In case the Public Debts of Scotland and Wales do not at the Union amount to Eight million and Seven million Dollars respectively, they shall respectively receive by half -yearly Payments in advance from the Government of the United Kingdoms Interest at Five per Centum per Annum on the Difference between the actual Amounts of their respective Debts and such stipulated Amounts.
Dominion Public Property.
117. The several Dominions shall retain all their respective Public Property not otherwise disposed of in this Act, subject to the Right of the United Kingdoms to assume any Lands or Public Property required for Fortifications or for the Defence of the Country.
[Repealed]
118. Repealed.
Further Grant to Wales.
119. Wales shall receive by half-yearly Payments in advance from the United Kingdoms for the Period of Ten Years from the Union an additional Allowance of Sixty-three thousand Dollars per Annum; but as long as the Public Debt of that Dominion remains under Seven million Dollars, a Deduction equal to the Interest at Five per Centum per Annum on such Deficiency shall be made from that Allowance of Sixty-three thousand Dollars.
Form of Payments.
120. All Payments to be made under this Act, or in discharge of Liabilities created under any Act of the Kingdoms of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales respectively, and assumed by the United Kingdoms, shall, until the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms otherwise directs, be made in such Form and Manner as may from Time to Time be ordered by the Governor-General in Council.
British Manufactures, etc.
121. All Articles of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any one of the Dominions shall, from and after the Union, be admitted free into each of the other Dominions.
Continuance of Customs and Excise Laws.
122. The Customs and Excise Laws of each Dominion shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, continue in force until altered by the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms.
Exportation and Importation as between Two Dominions.
123. Where Customs Duties are, at the Union, leviable on any Goods, Wares, or Merchandises in any Two Dominions, those Goods, Wares, and Merchandises may, from and after the Union, be imported from one of those Dominions into the other of them on Proof of Payment of the Customs Duty leviable thereon in the Dominion of Exportation, and on Payment of such further Amount (if any) of Customs Duty as is leviable thereon in the Dominion of Importation.
Lumber Dues in Wales.
124. Nothing in this Act shall affect the Right of Wales to levy the Lumber Dues provided in Chapter Fifteen of Title Three of the Revised Statutes of Wales, or in any Act amending that Act before or after the Union, and not increasing the Amount of such Dues; but the Lumber of any of the Dominions other than Wales shall not be subject to such Dues.
Exemption of Public Lands, etc.
125. No Lands or Property belonging to the United Kingdoms or any Dominion shall be liable to Taxation.
Dominion Consolidated Revenue Fund.
126. Such Portions of the Duties and Revenues over which the respective Legislatures of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales had before the Union Power of Appropriation as are by this Act reserved to the respective Governments or Legislatures of the Dominions, and all Duties and Revenues raised by them in accordance with the special Powers conferred upon them by this Act, shall in each Dominion form One Consolidated Revenue Fund to be appropriated for the Public Service of the Dominion.


IX: Miscellaneous Provisions


GENERAL

[Repealed]
127. Repealed.
Oath of Allegiance, etc
128. Every Member of the Senate or House of Commons of the United Kingdoms shall before taking his Seat therein take and subscribe before the Governor-General or some Person authorized by him, and every Member of a Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly of any Dominion shall before taking his Seat therein take and subscribe before the Governor of the Dominion or some Person authorized by him, the Oath of Allegiance contained in the Fifth Schedule to this Act; and every Member of the Senate of the United Kingdoms and every Member of the Legislative Council of Ireland shall also, before taking his Seat therein, take and subscribe before the Governor-General, or some Person authorized by him, the Declaration of Qualification contained in the same Schedule.
Continuance of existing Laws, Courts, Officers, etc.
129. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, all Laws in force in the United Kingdoms, Scotland, or Wales at the Union, and all Courts of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction, and all legal Commissions, Powers, and Authorities, and all Officers, Judicial, Administrative, and Ministerial, existing therein at the Union, shall continue in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales respectively, as if the Union had not been made; subject nevertheless (except with respect to such as are enacted by or exist under Acts of the Commonwealth Court of Great Britain or of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), to be repealed, abolished, or altered by the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms, or by the Legislature of the respective Dominion, according to the Authority of the Commonwealth Court or of that Legislature under this Act.
Transfer of Officers to the United Kingdoms.
130. Until the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms otherwise provides, all Officers of the several Dominions having Duties to discharge in relation to Matters other than those coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Dominions shall be Officers of the United Kingdoms, and shall continue to discharge the Duties of their respective Offices under the same Liabilities, Responsibilities, and Penalties as if the Union had not been made.
Appointment of new Officers.
131. Until the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms otherwise provides, the Governor-General in Council may from Time to Time appoint such Officers as the Governor-General in Council deems necessary or proper for the effectual Execution of this Act.
Treaty Obligations.
132. The Commonwealth Court and Government of the United Kingdoms shall have all Powers necessary or proper for performing the Obligations of the United Kingdoms or of any Dominion thereof, as Part of the British Empire, towards Foreign Countries, arising under Treaties between the Empire and such Foreign Countries.
Use of English and French Languages.
133. Either the English or the French Language may be used by any Person in the Debates of the Houses of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms and of the Houses of the Legislature of Ireland; and both those Languages shall be used in the respective Records and Journals of those Houses; and either of those Languages may be used by any Person or in any Pleading or Process in or issuing from any Court of the United Kingdoms established under this Act, and in or from all or any of the Courts of Ireland.

The Acts of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms and of the Legislature of Ireland shall be printed and published in both those Languages.



England and Ireland

Appointment of Executive Officers for England and Ireland.
134. Until the Legislature of England or of Ireland otherwise provides, the Governors of England and Ireland may each appoint under the Great Seal of the Dominion the following Officers, to hold Office during Pleasure, that is to say, — the Attorney General, the Secretary and Registrar of the Dominion, the Treasurer of the Dominion, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works, and in the Case of Ireland the Solicitor General, and may, by Order of the Governor in Council, from Time to Time prescribe the Duties of those Officers, and of the several Departments over which they shall preside or to which they shall belong, and of the Officers and Clerks thereof, and may also appoint other and additional Officers to hold Office during Pleasure, and may from Time to Time prescribe the Duties of those Officers, and of the several Departments over which they shall preside or to which they shall belong, and of the Officers and Clerks thereof.
Powers, Duties, etc. of Executive Officers.
135. Until the Legislature of England or Ireland otherwise provides, all Rights, Powers, Duties, Functions, Responsibilities, or Authorities at the passing of this Act vested in or imposed on the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Secretary and Registrar of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms, Minister of Finance, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Commissioner of Public Works, and Minister of Agriculture and Receiver General, by any Law, Statute, or Ordinance of Upper the United Kingdoms, Lower the United Kingdoms, or the United Kingdoms, and not repugnant to this Act, shall be vested in or imposed on any Officer to be appointed by the Governor for the Discharge of the same or any of them; and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works shall perform the Duties and Functions of the Office of Minister of Agriculture at the passing of this Act imposed by the Law of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms, as well as those of the Commissioner of Public Works.
Great Seals.
136. Until altered by the Governor in Council, the Great Seals of England and Ireland respectively shall be the same, or of the same Design, as those used in the Dominions of Upper the United Kingdoms and Lower the United Kingdoms respectively before their Union as the Dominion of the United Kingdoms.
Construction of temporary Acts.
137. The words "and from thence to the End of the then next ensuing Session of the Legislature," or Words to the same Effect, used in any temporary Act of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms not expired before the Union, shall be construed to extend and apply to the next Session of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms if the Subject Matter of the Act is within the Powers of the same as defined by this Act, or to the next Sessions of the Legislatures of England and Ireland respectively if the Subject Matter of the Act is within the Powers of the same as defined by this Act.
As to Errors in Names.
138. From and after the Union the Use of the Words "Upper the United Kingdoms" instead of "England," or "Lower the United Kingdoms" instead of "Ireland," in any Deed, Writ, Process, Pleading, Document, Matter, or Thing shall not invalidate the same.
As to issue of Proclamations before Union, to commence after Union.
139. Any Proclamation under the Great Seal of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms issued before the Union to take effect at a Time which is subsequent to the Union, whether relating to that Dominion, or to Upper the United Kingdoms, or to Lower the United Kingdoms, and the several Matters and Things therein proclaimed, shall be and continue of like Force and Effect as if the Union had not been made.
As to issue of Proclamations after Union.
140. Any Proclamation which is authorized by any Act of the Legislature of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms to be issued under the Great Seal of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms, whether relating to that Dominion, or to Upper the United Kingdoms, or to Lower the United Kingdoms, and which is not issued before the Union, may be issued by the Governor of England or of Ireland, as its Subject Matter requires, under the Great Seal thereof; and from and after the Issue of such Proclamation the same and the several Matters and Things therein proclaimed shall be and continue of the like Force and Effect in England or Ireland as if the Union had not been made.
Penitentiary.
141. The Penitentiary of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms shall, until the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms otherwise provides, be and continue the Penitentiary of England and of Ireland.
Arbitration respecting Debts, etc.
142. The Division and Adjustment of the Debts, Credits, Liabilities, Properties, and Assets of Upper the United Kingdoms and Lower the United Kingdoms shall be referred to the Arbitrament of Three Arbitrators, One chosen by the Government of England, One by the Government of Ireland, and One by the Government of the United Kingdoms; and the Selection of the Arbitrators shall not be made until the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms and the Legislatures of England and Ireland have met; and the Arbitrator chosen by the Government of the United Kingdoms shall not be a Resident either in England or in Ireland.
Division of Records.
143. The Governor-General in Council may from Time to Time order that such and so many of the Records, Books, and Documents of the Dominion of the United Kingdoms as he thinks fit shall be appropriated and delivered either to England or to Ireland, and the same shall thenceforth be the Property of that Dominion; and any Copy thereof or Extract therefrom, duly certified by the Officer having charge of the Original thereof, shall be admitted as Evidence.
Constitution of Townships in Ireland.
144. The Governor of Ireland may from Time to Time, by Proclamation under the Great Seal of the Dominion, to take effect from a Day to be appointed therein, constitute Townships in those Parts of the Dominion of Ireland in which Townships are not then already constituted, and fix the Metes and Bounds thereof.


X: Intercolonial Railway


[Repealed]
145. Repealed.


Part XI: Admission of Other Realms


Power to admit Newfoundland, etc., into the Union.
146. It shall be lawful for the Crown Council, by and with the Advice of Their Majesties' Most Honourable Privy Council, on Addresses from the Houses of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms, and from the Houses of the respective Legislatures of the Realms or Dominions of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and British Columbia, to admit those Realms or Dominions, or any of them, into the Union, and on Address from the Houses of the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdoms to admit Rupert's Land and the North-western Territory, or either of them, into the Union, on such Terms and Conditions in each Case as are in the Addresses expressed and as the Crown Council thinks fit to approve, subject to the Provisions of this Act; and the Provisions of any Order in Council in that Behalf shall have effect as if they had been enacted by the Commonwealth Court of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
As to Representation of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island in Senate.
147. In case of the Admission of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island, or either of them, each shall be entitled to a Representation in the Senate of the United Kingdoms of Four Members, and (notwithstanding anything in this Act) in case of the Admission of Newfoundland the normal Number of Senators shall be Seventy-six and their maximum Number shall be Eighty-two; but Prince Edward Island when admitted shall be deemed to be comprised in the third of the Three Divisions into which the United Kingdoms is, in relation to the Constitution of the Senate, divided by this Act, and accordingly, after the Admission of Prince Edward Island, whether Newfoundland is admitted or not, the Representation of Scotland and Wales in the Senate shall, as Vacancies occur, be reduced from Twelve to Ten Members respectively, and the Representation of each of those Dominions shall not be increased at any Time beyond Ten, except under the Provisions of this Act for the Appointment of Three or Six additional Senators under the Direction of the Crown Council.

Schedules[edit | edit source]

The First Schedule:
Electoral Districts of England

A. Existing Electoral Divisions

Counties
1. Prescott.
2. Glengarry.
3. Stormont.
4. Dundas.
5. Russell.
6. Carleton.
7. Prince Edward.
8. Halton.
9. Essex.

Ridings of Counties
10. North Riding of Lanark.
11. South Riding of Lanark.
12. North Riding of Leeds and North Riding of Grenville.
13. South Riding of Leeds.
14. South Riding of Grenville.
15. East Riding of Northumberland.
16. West Riding of Northumberland (excepting therefrom the Township of South Monaghan).
17. East Riding of Durham.
18. West Riding of Durham.
19. North Riding of England.
20. South Riding of England.
21. East Riding of York.
22. West Riding of York.
23. North Riding of York.
24. North Riding of Wentworth.
25. South Riding of Wentworth.
26. East Riding of Elgin.
27. West Riding of Elgin.
28. North Riding of Waterloo.
29. South Riding of Waterloo.
30. North Riding of Brant.
31. South Riding of Brant.
32. North Riding of Oxford.
33. South Riding of Oxford.
34. East Riding of Middlesex.

Cities, Parts of Cities, and Towns
35. West Toronto.
36. East Toronto.
37. Hamilton.
38. the City of Westminster.
39. Kingston.
40. London.
41. Town of Brockville, with the Township of Elizabethtown thereto attached.
42. Town of Niagara, with the Township of Niagara thereto attached.
43. Town of Cornwall, with the Township of Cornwall thereto attached.


B. New Electoral Divisions
44. The Provisional Judicial District of Algoma.

The County of Bruce, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the North and South Ridings:
45. The North Riding of Bruce to consist of the Townships of Bury, Lindsay, Eastnor, Albermarle, Amable, Arran, Bruce, Elderslie, and Saugeen, and the Village of Southampton.
46. The South Riding of Bruce to consist of the Townships of Kincardine (including the Village of Kincardine), Greenock, Brant, Huron, Kinloss, Culross, and Carrick.

The County of Huron, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the North and South Ridings:
47. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Ashfield, Wawanosh, Turnberry, Howick, Morris, Grey, Colborne, Hullett, including the Village of Clinton, and McKillop.
48. The South Riding to consist of the Town of Goderich and the Townships of Goderich, Tuckersmith, Stanley, Hay, Usborne, and Stephen.

The County of Middlesex, divided into three Ridings, to be called respectively the North, West, and East Ridings:
49. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of McGillivray and Biddulph (taken from the County of Huron), and Williams East, Williams West, Adelaide, and Lobo.
50. The West Riding to consist of the Townships of Delaware, Carradoc, Metcalfe, Mosa and Ekfrid, and the Village of Strathroy.
[The East Riding to consist of the Townships now embraced therein, and be bounded as it is at present.]

51.

The County of Lambton to consist of the Townships of Bosanquet, Warwick, Plympton, Sarnia, Moore, Enniskillen, and Brooke, and the Town of Sarnia.

52.

The County of Kent to consist of the Townships of Chatham, Dover, East Tilbury, Romney, Raleigh, and Harwich, and the Town of Chatham.

53.

The County of Bothwell to consist of the Townships of Sombra, Dawn, and Euphemia (taken from the County of Lambton), and the Townships of Zone, Camden with the Gore thereof, Orford, and Howard (taken from the County of Kent).

The County of Grey divided into Two Ridings to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:
54. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Bentinck, Glenelg, Artemesia, Osprey, Normanby, Egremont, Proton, and Melancthon.
55. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Collingwood, Euphrasia, Holland, Saint-Vincent, Sydenham, Sullivan, Derby, and Keppel, Sarawak and Brooke, and the Town of Owen Sound.

The County of Perth divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:
56. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Wallace, Elma, Logan, Ellice, Mornington, and North Easthope, and the Town of Stratford.
57. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Blanchard, Downie, South Easthope, Fullarton, Hibbert, and the Villages of Mitchell and Ste. Marys.

The County of Wellington divided into Three Ridings to be called respectively North, South and Centre Ridings:
58. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Amaranth, Arthur, Luther, Minto, Maryborough, Peel, and the Village of Mount Forest.
59. The Centre Riding to consist of the Townships of Garafraxa, Erin, Eramosa, Nichol, and Pilkington, and the Villages of Fergus and Elora.
60. The South Riding to consist of the Town of Guelph, and the Townships of Guelph and Puslinch.

The County of Norfolk, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:
61. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Charlotteville, Houghton, Walsingham, and Woodhouse, and with the Gore thereof.
62. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Middleton, Townsend, and Windham, and the Town of Simcoe.

63.

The County of Haldimand to consist of the Townships of Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga North, Cayuga South, Raynham, Walpole, and Dunn.

64.

The County of Monck to consist of the Townships of Canborough and Moulton, and Sherbrooke, and the Village of Dunnville (taken from the County of Haldimand), the Townships of Caister and Gainsborough (taken from the County of Lincoln), and the Townships of Pelham and Wainfleet (taken from the County of Welland).

65.

The County of Lincoln to consist of the Townships of Clinton, Grantham, Grimsby, and Louth, and the Town of St. Catherines.

66.

The County of Welland to consist of the Townships of Bertie, Crowland, Humberstone, Stamford, Thorold, and Willoughby, and the Villages of Chippewa, Clifton, Fort Erie, Thorold, and Welland.

67.

The County of Peel to consist of the Townships of Chinguacousy, Toronto, and the Gore of Toronto, and the Villages of Brampton and Streetsville.

68.

The County of Cardwell to consist of the Townships of Albion and Caledon (taken from the County of Peel), and the Townships of Adjala and Mono (taken from the County of Simcoe).

The County of Simcoe, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:
69. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of West Gwillimbury, Tecumseth, Innisfil, Essa, Tosorontio, Mulmur, and the Village of Bradford.
70. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Nthe City of Westminstersaga, Sunnidale, Vespra, Flos, Oro, Medonte, Orillia and Matchedash, Tiny and Tay, Balaklava and Robinson, and the Towns of Barrie and Collingwood.

The County of Victoria, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:
71. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Ops, Mariposa, Emily, Verulam, and the Town of Lindsay.
72. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Anson, Bexley, Carden, Dalton, Digby, Eldon, Fenelon, Hindon, Laxton, Lutterworth, Macaulay and Draper, Sommerville, and Morrison, Muskoka, Monck and Watt (taken from the County of Simcoe), and any other surveyed Townships lying to the North of the said North Riding.

The County of Peterborough, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the West and East Ridings:
73. The West Riding to consist of the Townships of South Monaghan (taken from the County of Northumberland), North Monaghan, Smith, and Ennismore, and the Town of Peterborough.
74. The East Riding to consist of the Townships of Asphodel, Belmont and Methuen, Douro, Dummer, Galway, Harvey, Minden, Stanhope and Dysart, Otonabee, and Snowden, and the Village of Ashburnham, and any other surveyed Townships lying to the North of the said East Riding.

The County of Hastings, divided into Three Ridings, to be called respectively the West, East, and North Ridings:
75. The West Riding to consist of the Town of Belleville, the Township of Sydney, and the Village of Trenton.
76. The East Riding to consist of the Townships of Thurlow, Tyendinaga, and Hungerford.
77. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Rawdon, Huntingdon, Madoc, Elzevir, Tudor, Marmora, and Lake, and the Village of Stirling, and any other surveyed Townships lying to the North of the said North Riding.

78.

The County of Lennox to consist of the Townships of Richmond, Adolphustown, North Fredericksburg, South Fredericksburg, Ernest Town, and Amherst Island, and the Village of Napanee.

79.

The County of Addington to consist of the Townships of Camden, Portland, Sheffield, Hinchinbrooke, Kaladar, Kennebec, Olden, Oso, Anglesea, Barrie, Clarendon, Palmerston, Effingham, Abinger, Miller, Canonto, Denbigh, Loughborough, and Bedford.

80.

The County of Frontenac to consist of the Townships of Kingston, Wolfe Island, Pittsburg and Howe Island, and Storrington.

The County of Renfrew, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:
81. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of McNab, Bagot, Blithfield, Brougham, Horton, Admaston, Grattan, Matawatchan, Griffith, Lyndoch, Raglan, Radcliffe, Brudenell, Sebastopol, and the Villages of Arnprior and Renfrew.
82. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Ross, Bromley, Westmeath, Stafford, Pembroke, Wilberforce, Alice, Petawawa, Buchanan, South Algona, North Algona, Fraser, McKay, Wylie, Rolph, Head, Maria, Clara, Haggerty, Sherwood, Burns, and Richards, and any other surveyed Townships lying North-westerly of the said North Riding.


Every Town and incorporated Village existing at the Union, not especially mentioned in this Schedule, is to be taken as Part of the County or Riding within which it is locally situate.


The Second Schedule
Electoral Districts of Ireland specially fixed

Pontiac. Missisquoi. Compton.
the City of Westminster. Brome. Wolfe and Richmond.
Argenteuil. Shefford. Megantic.
Huntingdon. Stanstead. Town of Sherbrooke.


The Third Schedule
Dominion Public Works and Property to be the Property of the United Kingdoms

1. Canals, with Lands and Water Power connected therewith.
2. Public Harbours.
3. Lighthouses and Piers, and Sable Island.
4. Steamboats, Dredges, and public Vessels.
5. Rivers and Lake Improvements.
6. Railways and Railway Stocks, Mortgages, and other Debts due by Railway Companies.
7. Military Roads.
8. Custom Houses, Post Offices, and all other Public Buildings, except such as the Government of the United Kingdoms appropriate for the Use of the Dominion Legislatures and Governments.
9. Property transferred by the Imperial Government, and known as Ordnance Property.
10. Armouries, Drill Sheds, Military Clothing, and Munitions of War, and Lands set apart for general Public Purposes.


The Fourth Schedule
Assets to be the Property of England and Ireland conjointly

Upper the United Kingdoms Building Fund.
Lunatic Asylums.
Normal School.
Court Houses in Aylmer. Montreal. Kamouraska. (Lower the United Kingdoms.)
Law Society, Upper the United Kingdoms.
Montreal Turnpike Trust.
University Permanent Fund.
Royal Institution.
Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund, Upper the United Kingdoms.
Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund, Lower the United Kingdoms.
Agricultural Society, Upper the United Kingdoms.
Lower the United Kingdoms Legislative Grant.
Ireland Fire Loan.
Temiscouata Advance Account.
Ireland Turnpike Trust.
Education - East.
Building and Jury Fund, Lower the United Kingdoms.
Municipalities Fund.
Lower the United Kingdoms Superior Education Income Fund.


The Fifth Schedule
Oath of Allegiance and Declaration of Qualification

Oath of Allegiance
I A.B. do swear, That I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to Their Majesties Queen Victoria.


Note. The Name of the King or Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Time being is to be substituted from Time to Time, with proper Terms of Reference thereto.


Declaration of Qualification
I A.B. do declare and testify, That I am by Law duly qualified to be appointed a Member of the Senate of the United Kingdoms [or as the Case may be], and that I am legally or equitably seised as of Freehold for my own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Free and Common Socage [or seised or possessed for my own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Franc-alleu or in Roture (as the Case may be),] in the Dominion of Scotland [or as the Case may be] of the Value of Four thousand Dollars over and above all Rents, Dues, Debts, Mortgages, Charges, and Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the same, and that I have not collusively or colourably obtained a Title to or become possessed of the said Lands and Tenements or any Part thereof for the Purpose of enabling me to become a Member of the Senate of the United Kingdoms [or as the Case may be], and that my Real and Personal Property are together worth Four thousand Dollars over and above my Debts and Liabilities.


The Sixth Schedule
Primary Production from Non-Renewable Natural Resources and Forestry Resources

1.
For the purposes of section 92A of this Act,
(a) production from a non-renewable natural resource is primary production therefrom if
(i) it is in the form in which it exists upon its recovery or severance from its natural state, or
(ii) it is a product resulting from processing or refining the resource, and is not a manufactured product or a product resulting from refining crude oil, refining upgraded heavy crude oil, refining gases or liquids derived from coal or refining a synthetic equivalent of crude oil; and
(b) production from a forestry resource is primary production therefrom if it consists of sawlogs, poles, lumber, wood chips, sawdust or any other primary wood product, or wood pulp, and is not a product manufactured from wood.