EXCLUSIVE POWERS OF PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES
SUBJECTS OF EXCLUSIVE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION
92.- In each Province the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in
relation to Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter
enumerated; that is to say, -
1. Repealed.
2. Direct Taxation within the Province in order to the raising of a Revenue
for Provincial Purposes.
3. The borrowing of Money on the sole Credit of the Province.
4. The Establishment and Tenure of Provincial Offices and the Appointment
and Payment of Provincial Officers.
5. The Management and Sale of the Public Lands belonging to the Province
and of the Timber and Wood thereon.
6. The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Public and Reformatory
Prisons in and for the Province.
7. The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Hospitals, Asylums,
Charities, and Eleemosynary Institutions in and for the Province, other than
Marine Hospitals.
8. Municipal Institution in the Province.
9. Shop, Saloon, Tavern, Auctioneer, and other Licenses in order to the
raising of a Revenue for Provincial, Local, or Municipal Purposes.
10. Local Works and Undertakings other than such as are of the following
Classes:-
a. Lines of Steam or other Ships, Railways, Canals, Telegraphs, and other
Works and Undertakings connecting the Province with any other or others of the
Provinces, or extending beyond the Limits of the Province:
b. Lines of Steam Ships between the Province and any British or Foreign
Country:
c. Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Province, are before
or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the
general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of two or more of the
Provinces.
11. The Incorporation of Companies with Provincial Objects.
12. The Solemnization of Marriage in the Province.
13. Property and Civil Rights in the Province.
14. The Administration of Justice in the Province, including the
Constitution, Maintenance, and organization of Provincial Courts, both of civil
and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including Procedure in Civil Matters in those
Courts.
15. The Imposition of Punishment by Fine, Penalty, or Imprisonment for
enforcing any Law of the Province made in relation to any Matter coming within
any of the Classes of Subjects enumerated in this Section.
16. Generally all Matters of a merely local or private Nature in the
Province.
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