Constitution Act, 1791

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Constitution_Act,_1791
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Canada_Act_1791
gptkbp:awardedBy representative government to Upper and Lower Canada
gptkbp:created gptkb:Lower_Canada
gptkb:Upper_Canada
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1791
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Province_of_Quebec
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Constitution Act, 1791
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to repeal certain Parts of an Act, passed in the Fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, 'An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America'; and to make further Provision for the Government of the said Province
gptkbp:providesFor creation of legislative assemblies in Upper and Lower Canada
gptkbp:purpose to provide a new constitutional framework for the governance of Canada
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Quebec_Act,_1774
gptkb:Act_of_Union_1840
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Act_of_Union_1840
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Constitution_Act,_1791
gptkbp:status repealed
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Government_of_India
British colonial law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quebec_Act
gptkb:Quebec_Act_(1774)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6