arliament is presented to the Governor General for the Queen's
Assent, he shall declare, according to his Discretion, but subject to
the Provisions of this Act and to Her Majesty's Instructions, either
that he assents thereto in the Queen's Name, or that he withholds the
Queen's Assent, or that he reserves the Bill for the Signification of
the Queen's Pleasure.
56. [Disallowance by Order in Council of Act assented to by Governor
General.] Where the Governor General assents to a Bill in the Queen's
Name, he shall by the first convenient Opportunity send an authentic
Copy of the Act to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,
and if the Queen in Council within Two Years after Receipt thereof by
the Secretary of State thinks fit to disallow the Act, such Disallowance
(with a Certificate of the Secretary of State of the Day on which the
Act was received by him) being signified by the Governor General,
by Speech or Message to each of the Houses of the Parliament or by
Proclamation, shall annul the Act from and after the Day of such
Signification.
57. [Signification of Queen's Pleasure on Bill reserved.] A Bill
reserved for the Signification of the Queen's Pleasure shall not have
any Force unless and until within Two Years from the Day on which it was
presented to the Governor General for the Queen's Assent, the Governor
General signifies, by Speech or Message to each of the Houses of the
Parliament or by Proclamation, that it has received the Assent of the
Queen in Council.
An Entry of every such Speech, Message, or Proclamation shall be made in
the Journal of each House, and a Duplicate thereof duly attested shall
be delivered to the proper Officer to be kept among the Records of
Canada.
V.--PROVINCIAL CONSTITUTIONS.
Executive Power.
58. [Appointment of Lieutenant Governors of Provinces.] For each
Province there shall be an Officer, styled the Lieutenant Governor,
appointed by the Governor General in Council by Instrument under the
Great Seal of Canada.
59. [Tenure of Office of Lieutenant Governor.] A Lieutenant Governor
shall hold Office during the Pleasure of the Governor General; but
any Lieutenant Governor appointed after the Commencement of the First
Session of the Parliament of Canada shall not be removeable within Five
Years from his Appointment, except for Cause assigned, which shall be
communicated to him in Writing within One Month after the Order for his
Removal is made, a
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