First Session of the Parliament of Canada.

Yearly Session of the Parliament of Canada.

18. The privileges, immunities, and powers to be held, enjoyed and exercised by the Senate and by the House of Commons, and by the Members thereof respectively, shall be such as are from time to time defined by Act of the Parliament of Canada, but so that any Act of the Parliament of Canada defining such privileges, immunities and powers shall not confer any privileges, immunities or powers exceeding those at the passing of such Act held, enjoyed and exercised by the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and by the Members thereof.]

19. The Parliament of Canada shall be called together not later than six months after the Union.

20. There shall be a Session of the Parliament of Canada once at least in every year, so that twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the Parliament in one Session and its first sitting in the next Session.

Number of
Senators.

Representation of Provinces in Senate.

The Senate.

21. The Senate shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, consist of seventy-two members, who shall be styled Senators.

22. In relation to the constitution of the Senate, Canada shall be deemed to consist of Three Divisions

1. Ontario;

2. Quebec;

3. The Maritime Provinces, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; which Three Divisions shall (subject to the provisions of this Act) be equally represented in the Senate as follows: Ontario by twenty-four Senators; Quebec by twenty-four Senators; and the Maritime Provinces by twenty-four Senators, twelve thereof representing Nova Scotia, and twelve thereof representing New Brunswick.

In the case of Quebec each of the twenty-four Senators representing that Province shall be appointed for one of the twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada

specified in Schedule A. to chapter one of the Consoli

dated Statutes of Canada.

23. The qualifications of a Senator shall be as fol- Qualifications

lows:

(1.) He shall be of the full age of thirty years:
(2.) He shall be either a natural-born subject of the
Queen, or a subject of the Queen naturalized
by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain,
or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature
of one of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower
Canada, Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Bruns-
wick, before the Union, or of the Parliament of
Canada after the Union.

(3.) He shall be legally or equitably seised as of free-
hold for his own use and benefit of lands or
tenements held in free and common socage, or
seised or possessed for his own use and benefit
of lands or tenements held in franc-alleu or in
roture, within the Province for which he is
appointed, and of the value of four thousand
dollars, over and above all rents, dues, debts,
charges, mortgages, and incumbrances due or
payable out of or charged on or affecting the

same.

(4.) His real and personal property shall be together

worth four thousand dollars over and above his
debts and liabilities.

(5.) He shall be resident in the Province for which he

is appointed.

(6.) In the case of Quebec, he shall have his real pro

perty qualification in the Electoral Division for
which he is appointed, or shall be resident in
that Division.

of Senator.

Summons of
Senator.

Summons of
First Body of
Senators.

Addition of
Senators in

24. The Governor-General shall from time to time, in the Queen's name, by instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, summon qualified persons to the Senate; and, subject to the provisions of this Act, every person so summoned shall become and be a member of the Senate and Senator.

25. Such persons shall be first summoned to the Senate as the Queen, by warrant under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, thinks fit to approve, and their names shall be inserted in the Queen's Proclamation of Union.

26. If at any time, on the recommendation of the certain cases. Governor-General, the Queen thinks fit to direct that three or six members be added to the Senate, the GovernorGeneral may, by summons to three or six qualified persons (as the case may be), representing equally the Three Divisions of Canada, add to the Senate accordingly.

Reduction of

Senate to nor

27. In case of such addition being at any time made, mal number. the Governor-General shall not summon any person to the Senate, except on a further like direction by the Queen on the like recommendation, until each of the Three Divisions of Canada is represented by twenty-four Senators and no more.

Maximum number of Senators.

Tenure of place in Senate.

Resignation of place in Senate.

28. The number of Senators shall not at any time exceed seventy-eight.

29. A Senator shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, hold his place in the Senate for life.

30. A Senator may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor-General, resign his place in the Senate, and thereupon the same shall be vacant.

31. The place of a Senator shall become vacant in any Disqualifica

of the following cases :

(1.) If for two consecutive Sessions of the Parliament

he fails to give his attendance in the Senate.: (2.) If he takes an oath or makes a declaration or acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign power, or does an act whereby he becomes a subject or citizen, or entitled to the rights or privileges of a subject or citizen, of a foreign power:

(3.) If he is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or applies for the benefit of any law relating to insolvent debtors, or becomes a public defaulter :

(4.) If he is attainted of treason or convicted of felony or of any infamous crime:

(5.) If he ceases to be qualified in respect of property

or of residence; provided, that a Senator shall
not be deemed to have ceased to be qualified in
respect of residence by reason only of his re-
siding at the seat of the Government of Canada
while holding an office under that Government
requiring his presence there.

tion of
Senators.

vacancy in

32. When a vacancy happens in the Senate by resig- Summons on nation, death, or otherwise, the Governor-General shall, Senate. by summons to a fit and qualified person, fill the vacancy.

qualifications

33. If any question arises respecting the qualification Questions as to of a Senator or a vacancy in the Senate, the same shall be and vacancies heard and determined by the Senate.

in Senate.

of Speaker of

34. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Appointment instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, appoint a Senate. Senator to be Speaker of the Senate, and may remove him and appoint another in his stead.

Quorum of
Senate.

Voting in
Senate.

Constitution

of House of

Canada.

35. Until the Parliament of Canada. otherwise provides, the presence of at least fifteen Senators, including the Speaker, shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Senate for the exercise of its powers.

36. Questions arising in the Senate shall be decided by a majority of voices, and the Speaker shall in all cases have a vote, and when the voices are equal the decision shall be deemed to be in the negative.

The House of Commons.

37. The House of Commons shall, subject to the proCommons in visions of this Act, consist of one hundred and eighty-one members, of whom eighty-two shall be elected for Ontario, sixty-five for Quebec, nineteen for Nova Scotia, and fifteen for New Brunswick.

Summoning of
House of
Commons.

Senators not

38. The Governor-General shall, from time to time, in the Queen's name, by instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, summon and call together the House of Commons.

39. A Senator shall not be capable of being elected or of Commons. of sitting or voting as a Member of the House of Commons.

to sit in House

tricts of the

Electoral Dis- 40. Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise profour Provinces vides, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick

shall, for the purposes of the election of members to serve in the House of Commons, be divided into Electoral Districts as follows:

:

1.-ONTARIO.

Ontario shall be divided into the Counties, Ridings of Counties, Cities, parts of Cities, and Towns enumerated in the first Schedule to this Act, each whereof shall be an Electoral District, each such District as numbered in that Schedule being entitled to return one Member.