IV.  Amerika,  1370  246.  Canada.

IV.  Legislative  Power.

17.  There  shall  be  one  parliament  for  Canada,  consisting  of  the  queen,  an
upper  house  styled  the  senate  and  the  house  of  commons.

18.  The  privileges,  immunities  and  powers  to  be  held,  enjoyed  and  exercised
by  the  senate  and  by  the  house  of  commons,  and  by  the  members  thereof
respectively,  shall  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
held,  enjoyed  and  exercised  by  the  commons  house  of  parliament  of  the  united
kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  and  by  the  members  thereof.

19.  The  parliament  of  Canada  shall  be  called  together  not  later  than  six  months
after  the  union.

20.  There  shall  be  a  session  of  the  parliament  of  Canada  once  at  least  in  every
year,  so  that  twelve  months  shall  not  intervene  between  the  last  sitting  of  the
parliament  in  one  session  and  in  its  first  sitting  in  the  next  session.

The  Senate.

21.  The  Senate  shall,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  consist  of  seventytwo
  members,  who  shall  be  styled  senators.

22.  In  relation  to  the  constitution  of  the  senate,  Canada  shall  be  deemed  to
consist  of  three  divisions:

1.  Ontario;

2.  Quebec;

3.  The  Maritime  provinces,  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick;
which  three  divisions  shall  (subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  act)  be  equally  represented
  in  the  senate  as  follows:  Ontario  by  twenty-four  senators;  Quebec  by  twentyfour
  senators;  and  the  Maritime  provinces  by  twenty-four  senators,  twelve  thereof
representing  Nova  Scotia  and  twelve  thereof  representing  New  Brunswick.

In  the  case  of  Quebec,  each  of  the  twenty-four  senators  representing  that
province  shall  be  appointed  for  one  of  the  twenty-four  electoral  divisions  of  Lower
Canada  specified  in  schedule  A  to  chapter  one  of  the  consolidated  statutes  of  Canada.

32.  The  qualifications  of  a  senator  shall  be  as  follows:

1.  He  shall  be  of  the  full  age  of  thirty  years.

2.  He  shall  be  either  a  natural-born  subject  of  the  queen,  or  a  subject  of  the
queen  naturalized  by  an  act  of  the  parliament  of  Great  Britain,  or  of  the  parliament
of  the  united  kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  or  of  the  legislature  of  one  of
the  provinces  of  Upper  Canada,  Lower  Canada,  Nova  Scotia  or  New  Brunswick
before  the  union,  or  of  the  parliament  of  Canada  after  the  union.

3.  He  shall  be  legally  or  equitably  seized  as  of  freehold  for  his  own  use  and
benefit  of  lands  or  tenements  held  in  free  and  common  socage,  or  seized  or  possessed
for  his  own  use  and  benefit  of  lands  or  tenements  held  in  franc-alleu  or  in  roture,
within  the  province  for  which  he  is  appointed,  of  the  value  of  four  thousand  dollars,
over  and  above  all  rents,  dues,  debts,  charges,  mortgages  and  encumbrances  due
or  payable  out  of,  or  charged  on  or  affecting  the  same.