An Act to amend the Law relating to the taking of A D 1870. Oaths of Allegiance on Naturalization. [10th August, 1870.] THEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to the 33 and 34 Vict., taking of oaths of allegiance under "The Naturalization. 14. Act, 1870" Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. The power of making regulations vested in one of Her Regulations as Majesty's principal Secretaries of State by "The Naturalization to Oaths of Act, 1870," shall extend to prescribing as follows: (1.) The persons by whom the oaths of allegiance may be administered under that Act: (2.) Whether or not such oaths are to be subscribed as well as taken, and the form in which such taking and subscription are to be attested: (3.) The registration of such oaths : (4.) The persons by whom certified copies of such oaths may be given: (5.) The transmission to the United Kingdom, for the purpose of registration or safe keeping or of being produced as evidence, of any oaths taken in pursuance of the said Act out of the United Kingdom, or of any copies of such oaths, also of copies of entries of such oaths contained in any register kept out of the United Kingdom in pursuance of this Act: (6). The proof in any legal proceeding of such oaths: Allegiance. Penalty on making false declaration. Construction and short title of Act. Oaths of Allegiance on Naturalization. (7.) With the consent of the Treasury, the imposition and application of fees in respect of the administration or registration of any such oath. The two last paragraphs in the eleventh section of the Naturaiization Act, 1870, shall apply to regulations made under this Act. 2. Any person wilfully and corruptly making or subscribing any declaration under "The Naturalization Act, 1870,"knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and be liable to imprisonment with or without hard labor, for any term not exceeding twelve months. 3. This Act shall be termed the "Naturalization Oath Act, 1870," and shall be construed as one with "The Naturalization Act, 1870," and may be cited together with that Act as the "Naturalization Acts, 1870." An Act respecting the establishment of Provinces in the WHE [29th June, 1871.] HEREAS doubts have been entertained respecting the powers of the Parliament of Canada to establish Provinces in Territories admitted, or which may hereafter be admitted into the Dominion of Canada, and to provide for the representation of such Provinces in the said Parliament, and it is expedient to remove such doubts, and to vest such powers in the said Parliament: Be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The British Short title. "North America Act, 1871." Canada may 2. The Parliament of Canada may from time to time establish Parliament of new Provinces in any territories forming for the time being part Canish new of the Dominion of Canada, but not included in any Province Povinces and thereof, and may, at the time of such establishment, make provi- provide for the constitution, sion for the constitution and administration of any such Province, &c., thereof. and for the passing of laws for the peace, order, and good government of such Province, and for its representation in the said Parliament. limits of Pro 3. The Parliament of Canada may from time to time, with the Alteration of consent of the Legislature of any Province of the said Dominion, vinces. increase, diminish, or otherwise alter the limits of such Province, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed to by the said Legislature, and may, with the like consent, make piovision respecting the effect and operation of any such increase or diminution or alteration of territory in relation to any Province affected thereby. Canada. Parliament of 4. The Parliament of Canada may from time to time make Canada may provision for the administration, peace, order, and good governany territory ment of any territory not for the time being included in any legislate for not included in a Province. Confirmation of Acts of Parliament of Province. 5. The following Acts passed by the said Parliament of Canada, and intituled respectively: "An Act for the temporary government Canada, 32&" of Rupert's Land and the North Western Territory when united 33 Vict., (Ca- " 'with Canada," and "An Act to amend and continue the Act nadian) cap. 3, « thirty-two and thirty-three Victoria, chapter three, and to 33 Vict., Canadian) cap. 3. establish and provide for the " government of the Province of Manitoba," shall be and be deemed to have been valid and effectual for all purposes whatsoever from the date at which they respectively received the assent, in the Queen's name, of the Governor General of the said Dominion of Canada. Limitation of liament of islate for an established Province. 6. Except as provided by the third section of this Act, it shall powers of Par- not be competent for the Parliament of Canada to alter the provi Canada to leg- sions of the last mentioned Act of the said Parliament, in so far as it relates to the Province of Manitoba, or of any other Act hereafter establishing new Provinces in the said Dominion, subject always to the right of the Legislature of the Province of Manitoba to alter from time to time the provisions of any law respecting the qualification of electors and members of the Legislative Assembly, and to make laws respecting elections in the said Province. HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Merchant Shipping WHE Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Preliminary. 1. This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act, 1871. Short title. Merchant 2. This Act shall be construed as one with the Merchant Ship- Act to be con ping Act, 1854, and the Acts amending the same, and the said strued with Acts and this Act may be cited collectively as the Merchant Ship- Shipping Acts. ping Acts, 1854 to 1871. 3. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January, Commenceone thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. Registry (Part II. of Merchant Shipping Act, 1854.) 4. Every British ship shall, before registry, be permanently and conspicuously marked, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Customs, as follows; that is to say: Her name shall be marked on each of her bows, and her name and the name of her port of registry shall be marked on her stern, on a dark ground in white or yellow letters, of a length not less than four inches, and of proportionate breadth. Her official number and the number denoting her registered tonnage shall be marked on her main beam. A scale of feet shall be marked on her stem and on her stern post, in Roman capital letters or in figures, six inches in length, the lower line of such letters or figures to coincide with the draught line denoted thereby. The Board of Trade may, however, exempt any class of ships from the requirements of this section or any of them, ment of Act. Particulars to be marked on ship before registry. |