No such provision.
If bills, other than money
bills,
have twice
been passed by the
house of
representatives and
twice been
rejected by the
senate
or passed by that body
with amendments
to which the
house of
representatives will
not agree,
the governor-general
may dissolve
the two houses
simultaneously;
and if, after
the new
election
they continue
to disagree,
the governor-general
may convene
a joint
sitting of the members
of the
two houses, who shall
deliberate
and vote upon the
bill, which
can only become
law if
passed by an absolute
majority
of the members sitting
and voting.
Legislative Powers of the
Legislative Powers of the
Parliament of the Dominion_. Parliament
of the
Commonwealth_.
Respective powers of the federal The Legislative powers of the parliament and provincial federal parliament are alone legislatures are enumerated and enumerated, and the states defined in the constitution; the expressly retain all the powers residuum of power rests with the vested in them by their central government in relation respective constitutions at the to all matters not coming within establishment of the the classes of subjects by the commonwealth as to matters not British North America act of specified as being within the 1867 assigned exclusively to the exclusive jurisdiction of the legislatures. federal parliament.
The Provinces. The States.
Legislatures may alter provincial Constitutions may be altered constitutions except as under the authority of the regards the office of lieutenant parliaments thereof. -governor.
Lieutenant-governors are appointed
The constitution of each state
by the governor-general-in-council, continues
(subject to the
and removable by constitution)
as at the
him within five years only for establishment
of the
cause assigned and communicated commonwealth,
or as at the
by message to the two admission
or establishment
houses of parliament. of the
states, as the case
may be,
until altered in
accordance
with the
constitution
of the
states.
In other words,
the powers
of the states
over their
own constitutions
are preserved.
Acts of the provincial When a law of the state is
legislatures may be disallowed inconsistent with one of the
by the governor-general-in-council commonwealth, the latter shall,
one year after their receipt. to the extent of such
inconsistency, be invalid.