GENERAL
127.- Repealed.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, ETC.
128.- Every Member of the Senate or House of Commons of Canada shall
before taking his Seat therein take and subscribe before the Governor General
or some Person authorized by him, and every Member of a Legislative Council or
Legislative Assembly of any Province shall before taking his Seat therein take
and subscribe before the Lieutenant Governor of the Province or some Person
authorized by him, the Oath of Allegiance contained in the Fifth Schedule to
this Act; and every Member of the Senate of Canada and every Member of the
Legislative Council of Quebec shall also, before taking his Seat therein, take
and subscribe before the Governor General, or some Person authorized by him,
the Declaration of Qualification contained in the same Schedule.
CONTINUANCE OF EXISTING LAWS, COURTS, OFFICERS, ETC.
129.- Except as otherwise provided by this Act, all Laws in force in
Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick at the Union, and all Courts of civil and
Criminal Jurisdiction, and all legal Commissions, Powers, and Authorities, and
all Officers, Judicial, Administrative, and Ministerial, existing therein tat
the Union, shall continue in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
respectively, as if the Union has not been made; subject nevertheless (except
with respect to such as are enacted by or exist under Acts of the Parliament of
Great Britain or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland), to be repeals, abolished, or altered by the Parliament of Canada, or
by the Legislature of the respective province, according to the Authority of
the Parliament or of that Legislature under this Act.
TRANSFER OF OFFICERS TO CANADA
130.- Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, all
Officers of the several Provinces having Duties to discharge in relation to
Matters other than those coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act
assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces shall be Officers of
Canada, and shall continue to discharge the Duties of their respective Offices
under the same Liabilities, Responsibilities, and Penalties as if the Union had
not been made.
APPOINTMENT OF NEW OFFICERS
131.- Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, the
Governor General in Council may from Time to Time appoint such Officers as the
Governor General in Council deems necessary or proper for the effectual
Execution of this Act.
TREATY OBLIGATIONS
132.- The Parliament and Government of Canada shall have all Powers
necessary or proper for performing the Obligations of Canada or of any Province
thereof, as part of the British Empire, towards Foreign Countries, arising
under Treaties between the Empire and such Foreign Countries.
USE OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH LANGUAGES
133.- Either the English or the French Language may be used by any
Person in the Debates of the Houses of the Parliament of Canada and of the
Houses of the Legislature of Quebec; and both those Languages shall be used in
the respective Records and Journals of those Houses; and either of those
Languages may be used by any Person or in any Pleading or Process in or issuing
from any Court of Canada established under this Act, and in or from all or any
of the Courts of Quebec.
The Acts of the Parliament of Canada and of the Legislature of Quebec shall
be printed and published in both those Languages.
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