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  List of Returns and Reports - 1st Session, 39th Parliament   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 privy council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Technically, the British cabinet is a committee of the Privy Council, hence the appointment of new cabinet ministers to the Council.
However, the former is officially preferred by the Privy Council Office in London, while the latter is the spelling used in the Canadian Constitution Act 1867 in relation to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
Sweden 's Privy Council, in contrast, was abolished as part of the reorganisation of the structures of government in the 1974 Instrument of Government (i.e., constitution dealing with the structures of government).
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 Definition of Privy council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The heir-apparent and the Sovereign's consort are invariably appointed to the Council, as are the Church of England 's three highest ecclesiastics—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London.
In the latter case, the Privy Council—together with the Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal, the Lord Mayor of London, the Aldermen of the City of London and representatives of Commonwealth nations—makes a proclamation declaring the accession of the new Sovereign.
The Irish Privy Council was abolished in 1922, when Southern Ireland separated from the United Kingdom; it was succeeded by the Privy Council for Northern Ireland, which became dormant after the suspension of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
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 CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Privy Council
he Privy Council Office provides secretariat support for Cabinet and the committees of Cabinet to facilitate the collective decision-making of Cabinet, and assists the exercise of the prerogatives of the Prime Minister, including the organization and processes of government and the appointment of senior officials to government positions.
In 1891 for the first time Privy Councillors were named who were not members of the ministry: two former Speakers of the House of Commons and three former Speakers of the Senate were sworn to the Privy Council.
The largest informal gathering in history of the Privy Council (not a formal meeting) took place at a luncheon on Parliament Hill in Room 200, West Block on April 17, 1982 after the Queen’s signing of the Proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982.
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 Babcock v. Canada (Attorney General)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Certification by the Clerk of the Privy Council or by a minister of the Crown is the trigger by which information becomes protected.
If the Clerk of the Privy Council filed a certificate, that was the end of the matter, and the courts had no power to set the certificate aside.
Thus, ministers undertake by oath as Privy Councillors to maintain the secrecy of Cabinet deliberations and the House of Commons and the courts respect the confidentiality of Cabinet decision-making.
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 THE SWEARING-IN OF PRIVY COUNCILLORS :Media   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Privy Councillors are members of The Queen's Privy Council for Canada, established under the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly the British North America Act) to advise the Crown.
The Clerk of the Privy Council administers the Oath of the Members of the Privy Council as well as the Oaths of Allegiance and Office to a minister designate.
Each new Privy Councillor signs the Privy Council Oath Book, which is also signed by the Governor General, the Prime Minister and the Clerk of the Privy Council.
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 Articles - Queen's Privy Council for Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Queen's Privy Council for Canada is the ceremonial council of advisors to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by her Governor General in Canada for life on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Their actions are supported by the Privy Council Office which is headed by the Clerk of the Privy Council as chief civil servant and the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada as the Cabinet minister in charge.
Privy Councillors are entitled to the style The Honourable (or if a serving or former Governor General, Prime Minister or Chief Justice of Canada, The Right Honourable as are certain other eminent individuals).
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The parts of the Province of Canada (as it exists at the passing of this Act) which formerly constituted respectively the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada shall be deemed to be severed, and shall form Two separate Provinces.
Questions arising in the Legislative Council of Quebec shall be decided by a Majority of Voices, and the Speaker shall in all Cases have a Vote, and when the Voices are equal the Decision shall be deemed to be in the Negative.
The Queen's Privy Council for Canada shall advise the Governor General to issue a proclamation under this Part forthwith on the adoption of the resolution required for an amendment made by proclamation under this part.
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 Privacy Law - Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Definition of "investigation" (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), "investigation" means an investigation that (a) pertains to the administration or enforcement of an Act of Parliament; (b) is authorized by or pursuant to an Act of Parliament; or (c) is within a class of investigations specified in the regulations.
Definition of "Council" (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), "Council" means the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, committees of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Cabinet and committees of Cabinet.
Exception for Bank of Canada (2) Anything that is required to be done by the designated Minister under paragraph (1)(a) or (d) shall be done in respect of the Bank of Canada by the Governor of the Bank of Canada.
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 The Constitution Act, 1867
The Parts of the Province of Canada (as it exists at the passing of this Act) which formerly constituted respectively the Province of Upper Canada and Lower Canada shall be deemed to be severed, and shall form Two separate Provinces.
Pursuant to this statute, the Parliament of Canada enacted the
The Parliament of Canada may from time to time make provision for the representation in the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, or in either of them, of any territories which for the time being form part of the Dominion of Canada, but are not included in any province thereof.
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 Canada. Privy Council
The Privy Council Office under the direction of the Clerk of the Privy Council was created to provide a secretariat to support the administrative activities of the Privy Council and to assist the President, in council business.
This fonds consists of registers and indices to Orders-in-Council; registers of decisions taken by the Privy Council including number, name and subject, date of receipt in the Privy Council, date of report of committee, date when confirmed in Council and remarks; and an index (1939-1945) of the Cabinet War Committee, with minutes and documents.
Registers of decisions taken by the Privy Council, including number, name of Department and/or subject, date of receipt in Privy Council, date of Report of Committee of Privy Council, date when confirmed in Privy Council, and remarks; with alphabetical indices.
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 To Privy Council 200501 - anishinabe.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Clerk of Elizabeth Windsor’s Privy Council for Canada
Was the Crown Trust not transferred to the parliament of the Dominion of Canada in 1867 under section 91.24 of the
Is treating Elizabeth Windsor’s Laws as frivolous, by members of Elizabeth Windsor’s Privy Council for Canada directly or indirectly, not breaches of s.
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 Canada - Constitution Act 1867 - [Chapter III] Executive Power
and Authority of and over Canada is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen.
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.
The Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all Naval and Military Forces, of and in Canada
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