...the Candian Upper House. The 18th clause of the British North America Act, 18G7, provides : — " I. The privileges, immunities and powers to be held, enjoyed and "exercised by the Senate and House of Commons, and by the niem"bers thereof respectively, shall be such as are from time to time...

...Federal Parliaments. Section 18 of the British North America Act, in its original shape, stood thus : ' The privileges, immunities, and powers to be held,...shall be such as are from time to time defined by Acts of the Parliament of Canada, but so that the same shall never exceed those at the passing of the...

...Queen, an Upper House styled the Senate, and the House of Commons." The clause following enacts that " the privileges, immunities and powers to be held,...respectively, shall be such as are from time to time denned by any Act of the Parliament of Canada, but so that the same shall never exceed those at the...

...the Candian Upper House. The 18th clause of the British North America Act, 1867, provides : — " 1. The privileges, immunities and powers to be held, enjoyed and ' ' exercised by the Sentite and House of Commons, and by the mem"bers thereof respectively, shall be such as are from time...

...Act says : "The privileges, immunities and powers to be bold, enjoyed, and exercised by the Seuate and by the House of Commons, and by the members thereof,...be such as are from time to time defined by Act of the Parliament of Canada, but so that the same shall never exceed those at the passing of this Act,...

...itself imposes no limitation whatever on the extent of the legislative power of the Canadian Parliament. The ' privileges, immunities, and powers ' to be held,...and ' by the House of Commons, and by the members there' of respectively, are to be such as are from time to time ' defined by Act of the Parliament...

...papers/ is objectionable. "By the 18th clause of the British North America A ct, 1867, it is enacted that the privileges, immunities and powers to be held,...exercised by the Senate and by the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, shall be such as shall be from time to time defined by Act of the Parliament...

...It was enacted that the Legislature of Victoria should be empowered ' by ' any Act or Aets to define the privileges, immunities, ' and powers to be held, enjoyed, and exercised by the ' Council and Assembly, and by the members thereof ' respectively : provided that no such privileges,...

...Legislature were authorized in language similar to section 18 of the BNA Act " by any Act or Acts to define the Privileges, Immunities, and Powers, to be held enjoyed and exercised by the Council and Assembly, and by the members thereof respectively : Provided, that no such privileges,...

...pre-eminently prominent a« beyond the jurisdiction or control of the Local Legislatures stand tho privileges, immunities and powers to be held, enjoyed and exercised by the J Senate and by the House of Commons, and by the Members thereof, respectively, and all rights connected...