Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Section 92 has been amended once since the Act was enacted in 1867. Section 92(1) originally gave the provincial legislatures the power to enact laws to amend the constitutions of the provinces, other than the office of the Lieutenant Governor. Section 92(1) was repealed as part of the Patriation of the Constitution.
Section 92(10)(a) and (b) grants federal jurisdiction over modes of interprovincial and international transportation and communication, leaving intraprovincial transportation and communication to the provinces. The legal interpretation ejusdem generis limits the scope of the exceptions to subsection 92(10). The declaratory power conferred to ...
The Constitution Act, 1867 divides the responsibility between the federal and provincial jurisdictions. Together with the grant under s. 92(14), s. 91(27) carves out "Procedure in Criminal Matters," while s. 96 requires the appointment of "the Judges of the Superior, District, and County Courts in each Province" to be done by the Governor General in Council, and s. 101 grants the Parliament of ...
The Constitution Act, 1867 provides for a constitution "similar in principle" to the largely unwritten constitution of the United Kingdom, recognizes Canada as a constitutional monarchy and federal state, and outlines the legal foundations of Canadian federalism. [5] The Constitution of Canada includes written and unwritten components. [4]
Section 92(14) gives the provincial legislatures the power over the "Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of Provincial Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction". This power includes the creation of both the superior courts , both of original jurisdiction and appeal, as well as inferior tribunals.
Section 92(13) of the Constitution Act, 1867, also known as the property and civil rights power, grants the provincial legislatures of Canada the authority to legislate on: 13. Property and Civil Rights in the Province.
The Made in America Store, which festooned with pro-America slogans including a 20-foot mural of the Constitution adorning the back wall, carries 15,000 American-made products — including ...
Section 92A was added to the Constitution Act, 1867 at the insistence of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, as part of the Patriation agreement in 1982. [8] The provision was in response to two decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada in the 1970s, which limited the ability of the provinces to regulate the use of their natural resources.