The Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982
1867–1982 · Americas · 19 parts
Preamble+
WHEREAS the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick 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 Provinces and promote the Interests of the British Empire: And whereas on the Establishment of the Union by Authority of Parliament 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 British North America:
Parts
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- Part OnePreliminarySections 1 – 2
- Part TwoUnionSections 3 – 8
- Part ThreeExecutive PowerSections 9 – 16
- Part FourLegislative PowerSections 17 – 57
- Part FiveProvincial ConstitutionsSections 58 – 90
- Part SixDistribution of Legislative PowersSections 91 – 95
- Part SevenJudicatureSections 96 – 101
- Part EightRevenues; Debts; Assets; TaxationSections 102 – 126
- Part NineMiscellaneous ProvisionsSections 127 – 144
- Part TenIntercolonial RailwaySection 145
- Part ElevenAdmission of Other ColoniesSections 146 – 147
- Part TwelveCanada Act 1982Sections 1 – 4
- Part ThirteenCanadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsSections 1 – 34
- Part FourteenRights of the Aboriginal Peoples of CanadaSections 35 – 35.1
- Part FifteenEqualization and Regional DisparitiesSection 36
- Part SixteenConstitutional ConferenceSection 37
- Part SeventeenConstitutional ConferencesSection 37.1
- Part EighteenProcedure for Amending Constitution of CanadaSections 38 – 49
- Part NineteenGeneralSections 52 – 61
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