The British North America Act, 1867 | Page 2

thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, and in every Tenth Year thereafter, the
respective Populations of the Four Provinces shall be distinguished.

III.--EXECUTIVE POWER.
9. [Declaration of Executive Power in the Queen.] The Executive
Government and Authority of and over Canada is hereby declared to
continue and be vested in the Queen.
10. [Application of Provisions referring to Governor General.] The
Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General extend and
apply to the Governor General for the Time being of Canada, or other
the Chief Executive Officer or Administrator for the Time being
carrying on the Government of Canada on behalf and in the Name of
the Queen, by whatever Title he is designated.
11. [Constitution of Privy Council for Canada.] There shall be a
Council to aid and advise in the Government of Canada, to be styled
the Queen's Privy Council for Canada; and the Persons who are to be

Members of that Council shall be from Time to Time chosen and
summoned by the Governor General and sworn in as Privy Councillors,
and Members thereof may be from Time to Time removed by the
Governor General.
12. [All Powers under Acts to be exercised by Governor General with
Advice of Privy Council, or alone.] All Powers, Authorities, and
Functions which under any 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 Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, Nova
Scotia, or New Brunswick, are at the Union vested in or exerciseable
by the respective Governors or Lieutenant Governors of those
Provinces, with the Advice, or with the Advice and Consent, of the
respective Executive Councils thereof, or in conjunction with those
Councils, or with any Number of Members thereof, or by those
Governors or Lieutenant Governors individually, shall, as far as the
same continue in existence and capable of being exercised after the
Union in relation to the Government of Canada, be vested in and
exerciseable by the Governor General, with the Advice or with the
Advice and Consent of or in conjunction with the Queen's Privy
Council for Canada, or any Members thereof, or by the Governor
General individually, as the Case requires, subject nevertheless (except
with respect to such as exist under Acts of the Parliament of Great
Britain or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland) to be abolished or altered by the Parliament of Canada.
13. [Application of Provisions referring to Governor General in
Council.] The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General
in Council shall be construed as referring to the Governor General
acting by and with the Advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
14. [Power to Her Majesty to authorize Governor General to appoint
Deputies.] It shall be lawful for the Queen, if Her Majesty thinks fit, to
authorize the Governor General from Time to Time to appoint any
Person or any Persons jointly or severally to be his Deputy or Deputies
within any Part or Parts of Canada, and in that Capacity to exercise
during the Pleasure of the Governor General such of the Powers,

Authorities, and Functions of the Governor General as the Governor
General deems it necessary or expedient to assign to him or them,
subject to any Limitations or Directions expressed or given by the
Queen; but the Appointment of such a Deputy or Deputies shall not
affect the Exercise by the Governor General himself of any Power,
Authority, or Function.
15. [Command of Armed Forces to continue to be vested in the Queen.]
The Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all Naval
and Military Forces, of and in Canada, is hereby declared to continue
and be vested in the Queen.
16. [Seat of Government of Canada.] Until the Queen otherwise directs
the Seat of Government of Canada shall be Ottawa.

IV.--LEGISLATIVE POWER.
17. [Constitution of Parliament of Canada.] There shall be One
Parliament for Canada, consisting of the Queen, an Upper House styled
the Senate, and the House of Commons.
18. [Privileges, &c. of Houses.] 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 the same shall never exceed those at the passing of
this 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. [First Session of the Parliament of Canada.] The Parliament of
Canada shall be called together not later than Six Months after the
Union.
20. [Yearly Session of the Parliament of Canada.] There