or 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.
91. [Legislative Authority of Parliament of Canada.] It shall be lawful
for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and
House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order, and good Government
of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of
Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the
Provinces; and for greater Certainty, but not so as to restrict the
Generality of the foregoing Terms of this Section, it is hereby declared
that (notwithstanding anything in this Act) the exclusive Legislative
Authority of the Parliament of Canada extends to all Matters coming
within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter enumerated; that is
to say,--
1. The Public Debt and Property.
2. The Regulation of Trade and Commerce.
3. The raising of Money by any Mode or System of Taxation.
4. The borrowing of Money on the Public Credit.
5. Postal
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