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Date: 1867
By: Hewitt Bernard, John A. Macdonald, British North American Delegates
Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 Draft of Section 26, version 5, n.d. (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/1, p. 18360).
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18360

In case of obstruction to legislation shall be made by the Senate, either:—

1. By the rejection of a Supply Bill passed by the Commons, or:

2. In the case of any other Bill, by its rejection for three consecutive sessions, if on the passing of such Bills in the Commons for the third time, the House shall have been carried by a majority of the members in each of any two of the Sections,

There, in either of such cases the General Government may appoint additional Members to the Senate, [illegible] as in such appointments the equality of the sections shall be preserved provided always that in case of vacancies by death or otherwise occurring thereafter, no new appointments shall be made for any section till its number shall be reduced beneath 24.

^{[as regard the Supply Bill, when passed or as illegible the Bill, on the passing thereof illegible]]}