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| Name: | Constitutional Amendments [S.C. 1996, c. 1]. |
| Country: | Canada |
| Subject(s): | Constitutional law |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1996-02-02 |
| Entry into force: | |
| Published on: | Canada Gazette, Part III, 1996-07-12, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2 p. |
| ISN: | CAN-1996-L-44590 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=44590&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Canada Gazette, Part III, 1996-07-12, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2 p. Constitutions of the Countries of the World, 2008-10, G. H. Flanz, ed., Oxford University Press, New York, USA, ISBN: 978-0-379-00467-0, p. 81 Laws in French and English  Department of Justice, http://laws.justice.gc.ca, Canada PDF of Act current to 6/11/2017 (consulted on 2011-02-08) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Provides that no Minister of the Crown shall propose a motion for a resolution to authorize an amendment to the Constitution, other than an amendment in respect of which the legislative assembly of a province may exercise a veto under ss. 41 or 43 of the Constitution Act, 1982, or may express its dissent under ss. 38(3) of that Act, unless the amendment has first been consented to by a majority of specified provinces. |
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