86. [Yearly Session of Legislature.] There shall be a session of the
Legislature of Ontario and of that of Quebec once at least in every
Year, so that Twelve Months shall not intervene between the last Sitting
of the Legislature in each Province in one Session and its first Sitting
in the next Session.
87. [Speaker, Quorum, &c.] The following Provisions of this Act
respecting the House of Commons of Canada shall extend and apply to
the Legislative Assemblies of Ontario and Quebec, that is to say,--the
Provisions relating to the Election of a Speaker originally and on
Vacancies, the Duties of the Speaker, the Absence of the Speaker, the
Quorum, and the Mode of voting, as if those Provisions were here
re-enacted and made applicable in Terms to each such Legislative
Assembly.
4.--NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK.
88. [Constitutions of Legislatures of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.]
The Constitution of the Legislature of each of the Provinces of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act,
continue as it exists at the Union until altered under the Authority
of this Act; and the House of Assembly of New Brunswick existing at
the passing of this Act shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue for
the Period for which it was elected.
5.--ONTARIO, QUEBEC AND NOVA SCOTIA.
89. [First Elections.] Each of the Lieutenant Governors of Ontario,
Quebec and Nova Scotia shall cause Writs to be issued for the First
Election of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof in such Form and
by such Person as he thinks fit, and at such Time and addressed to such
Returning Officer as the Governor General directs, and so that the
First Election of Member of Assembly for any Electoral District or any
Subdivision thereof shall be held at the same Time and at the same
Places as the Election for a Member to serve in the House of Commons of
Canada for that Electoral District.
6.--THE FOUR PROVINCES.
90. [Application to Legislatures of Provisions respecting Money Votes,
&c.] The following Provisions of this Act respecting the Parliament
of Canada, namely,--the Provisions relating to Appropriation and Tax
Bills, the Recommendation of Money Votes, the Assent to Bills, the
Disallowance of Acts, and the Signification of Pleasure on Bills
reserved,--shall extend and apply to the Legislatures of the several
Provinces as if those Provisions were here re-enacted and made
applicable in Terms to the respective Provinces and the Legislatures
thereof, with the Substitution of the Lieutenant Governor of the
Province for the Governor General, of the Governor General for the
Queen and for a Secretary of State, of One Year for Two Years, and of
the Province for Canada.
VI.--DISTRIBUTION OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS.
Powers of the Parliament.
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