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which provided for the sole use of English as the
official language.

CLXXIV. The Union Act Amendment Act (17 & 18 Victoria,
c. 118), 1854

Gives Legislature of Canada power to alter the con-
stitution of the Legislative Council and repeals Sec-
tions 26 and 42 of the Act of Union (No. CLIII.).

CLXXV. The Union Act Amendment Act (22 & 23 Victoria,

c. 10), 1856

Gives Legislature of Canada power to make laws

regulating the appointment of a Speaker of the Legis-

lative Council.

592

594

CLXXVI. Colonial Habeas Corpus Act (25 & 26 Victoria, c. 20),
1862
595

.

Writ of Habeas Corpus not to issue into any colony
or foreign dependency of the Crown having courts
authorized to grant the same.

CLXXVII. Colonial Laws Validity Act (28 & 29 Victoria, c. 63),

1865

An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of Colonial

laws. A Colonial law cannot be repugnant to the

laws of England: the meaning of "repugnancy" is

embodied in this Act.

CLXXVIII. Debates in the Canadian Parliament on Confederation,

1865 .

595

597

CLXXIX. British North America Act (30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3), 1867. 665

SIXTH PERIOD

1867-1915

Introductory Note to the Period

687

CLXXX. The Manitoba Act (33 Victoria, c. 3, Dominion Statute),
1870

689

CLXXXI. The British North America Act (34 & 35 Victoria,

c. 28), 1871

Parliament of Canada may establish new Provinces

and provide for the constitution thereof; may alter

the limits of Provinces, with the consent of their

Legislatures; may legislate for any territory not in-

cluded in a Province. Limits power of Canadian

Parliament to legislate for an established Province.

Confirms Acts of the Canadian Parliament for the

temporary Government of Rupert's Land and North

Western Territory and No. CLXXX.

694

CLXXXII. Parliament of Canada Act (38 & 39 Victoria, c. 38), 1875. 695

Repeals Section 18 of B. N. A. Act, 1867 (No.

CLXXIX.), with regard to the privileges of the Cana-

dian Parliament, provides a new section defining those

privileges, etc.

CLXXXIII. Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor

General of the Dominion of Canada, 1878 .

696

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CLXXXIV. Instructions to the Governor General of the Dominion

of Canada, 1878 .

CLXXXV. The British North America Act, (49 & 50 Victoria,
c. 35), 1886

Parliament of Canada may provide for Parliamentary
representation for any territories which form part of
the Dominion, but are not included in any of its Pro-
vinces.

CLXXXVI. The Alberta Act, (4 & 5 Edward VII, c. 3, Dominion

Statute), 1905

CLXXXVII. The British North America Act (7 Edward VII, c. 11),
1907

Makes further provision with respect to the sums to

be paid by Canada to the several Provinces of the

Dominion.

CLXXXVIII. The British North America Act (5 & 6 George V, c. 45),

1915

Alters the constitution of the Senate, and provides

that a Province shall always be entitled to a number

of Members not less than the number of Senators

representing such Province.

698

699

700

704

706

FIRST PERIOD

1759-1763

1759-1763

FIRST PERIOD

After the capitulations of Quebec and Montreal, military rule prevailed, modified by the Articles of Capitulation (see Nos. I and II), which were confirmed at the conclusion of the war by the Treaty of Paris, February 10, 1763 (see No. III). In the following October a Royal Proclamation was issued as a preliminary for the introduction of civil administration (see No. IV). The policy outlined is tentative and led to severe disputes during the Second Period.

According to the judgment of Lord Chief Justice Mansfield in Campbell v. Hall (see No. XXIII), this Proclamation was the Constitution of Canada until the Quebec Act of 1774, by which it was annulled.