Examples of Imperial Parliament in a sentence
Every register of vessels kept under any of the Acts of the Imperial Parliament relating to the registry of British vessels, may be proved either by the production of the original or by an examined copy thereof, or by a copy thereof purporting to be certified under the hand of the person having the charge of the original.
This Constitution was attached as a schedule to the Uganda (Independence) Order-in- Council, 1962, passed by the Imperial Parliament on 2 October 1962.
This Part operates to the exclusion of offences of dishonesty that exist at common law or under laws of the Imperial Parliament.
Lardner-Burke [1968] UKPC 2; (1969) 1 AC 645, at p 722 and it is hardly to be supposed that absolute ownership of colonial land was vested in colonial governments while the ultimate legislative power over that land was retained by the Imperial Parliament.
Judicial notice shall be taken of all Acts of the Imperial Parliament, of all ordinances made by the Governor in Council, or the lieu- tenant governor in council of any province or colony that, or some portion of which, now forms or hereafter may form part of Canada, and of all the Acts of the legislature of any such province or colony, whether enacted before or after the passing of the Constitution Act, 1867.R.S., c.
The Crown had a prerogative power to make new laws for a conquered country although that power was subject to laws enacted by the Imperial Parliament (39) Campbell v.
But the Imperial Parliament retained the sovereign - that is, the ultimate - legislative power over colonial affairs, at least until the adoption of the Statute of Westminster(111) Madzimbamuto v.
It was the first step in the transition from colonies separately dependent on the Imperial Parliament for their governance to a unified and independent political state in which different peoples could resolve their disagreements and work together toward common goals and a common interest.
I am also in favour of the people of Scotland having the right to manage their own local affairs, as purely Scotch Questions have been sadly neglected in the past; partly through the Imperial Parliament being over-burdened and partly because of the indifference of some of the Scottish Members, and of the “predominant partner,” to the grievances of the Scottish people.53 His address is interesting because it touches on the issue of indifference of the ‘predominant partner’.
For example, in a discussion of whether the word ‘indecent’ should be substituted with the term ‘immoral’, Senator Keating stated that, ‘[i]t will be convenient to adhere to the words of the Copyright Bill as passed by the House of Lords as far as possible, so that in the event of the Imperial Parliament hereafter passing this legislation, our measure will be uniform with theirs.’: Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, Senate, 13 September 1905, 2155 (John Keating).