Document Information Date: 1867-03-29 By: Victoria, United Kingdom (Parliament) Citation: Constitution Act, 1867 (UK), 30 & 31 Vict, c 3, reprinted in RSC 1985, App II, No. 5. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada [23d July 1840] (FORMERLY THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT, 1867) Table of Contents PREAMBLE I. PRELIMINARY (1-2) 1. Short Title 2. Application of Provisions Referring to the Queen II. UNION (3-8) 3. Declaration of Union 4.… Read more Constitution Act, 1867 →
Document Information Date: 1867-03-29 By: Victoria Citation: Constitution Act (UK), 30 & 31 Vict, c. 3, reprinted in RSC 1985, App II, No. 5. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). (THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT, 1867) Table of Contents I. PRELIMINARY (1-2) 1. Short Title 2. Application of Provisions Referring to the Queen II. UNION (3-8) 3. Declaration of Union 4. Construction of Subsequent Provisions of Act 5. Four Provinces 6. Provinces of Ontario and Quebec 7. Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 8. Decennial… Read more Constitution Act, 1867 (UK) →
Document Information Date: 1858-11-19 By: James Douglas Citation: Governor James Douglas, Proclamation, 19 November 1858. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). V. R. PROCLAMATION By His Excellency JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Colony of British Columbia and its Dependencies. PROCLAMATION, having the Force of Law to declare that English Law is in force in British Columbia. WHEREAS, by an Act of Parliament passed in the Session held in the 21st and 22nd years of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, it was enacted that the… Read more Governor James Douglas, Proclamation [English law in force in British Columbia], 19 November 1858 →
Document Information Date: 1840-07-23 By: Victoria Citation: Union Act (UK), 3-4 Vict, c 35, reprinted in RSC 1985, App II, No. 4. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada [23d July 1840] “Whereas it is necessary that Provision be made for the good Government of the Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, in such Manner as may secure the Rights and Liberties and promote the Interests of all Classes… Read more Union Act, 1840 (UK) →
Document Information Date: 1791-12-26 By: George III Citation: Constitutional Act (UK), 31 Geo III, c 31, reprinted in RSC 1985, App II, No. 3. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 31 George III, c. 31 (U.K.) An Act to repeal certain Parts of an Act, passed in the fourteenth Year of his Majesty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America; and to make further Provision for the Government of the said Province. “WHEREAS… Read more Constitutional Act, 1791 (UK) →
Document Information Date: 1774-06-22 By: George III Citation: Quebec Act (UK), 14 Geo III, c 83, reprinted in RSC 1985, App II, No. 2. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 14 George III, c. 83 (U.K.) An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America. “WHEREAS his Majesty, by his Royal Proclamation bearing Date the seventh Day of October, in the third Year of his Reign, thought fit to declare the Provisions which had been made in… Read more Quebec Act, 1774 (UK) →
Document Information Date: 1763-10-07 By: George III Citation: George R, Proclamation, 7 October 1763, reprinted in RSC 1985, App II, No. 1. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). The Royal Proclamation, 1763 October 7, 1763 BY THE KING, A PROCLAMATION GEORGE R. Whereas We have taken into Our Royal Consideration the extensive and valuable Acquisitions in America, secured to our Crown by the late Definitive Treaty of Peace, concluded at Paris, the 10th Day of February last; and being desirous that all Our loving Subjects, as… Read more Royal Proclamation of 1763 (7 October 1763) →