L'Union St Jacques de Montreal v Bélisle (original) (raw)

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L'Union St. Jacques de Montreal v Bélisle is a Canadian constitutional law decision by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The issue was whether a provincial statute which altered the contractual liabilities of a benevolent organization, reducing its financial obligations to two widows, was within the constitutional authority of the province of Quebec under the British North America Act, 1867 (now known as the Constitution Act, 1867). It was the first case where the Judicial Committee examined in detail the interplay between the list of federal powers in s. 91 of the Constitution Act, 1867 and the list of provincial powers in s. 92 of the Act. The Judicial Committee held that the legislation was within provincial jurisdiction as a matter of local and private interest, coming under section 92(16) of the Constitution Act, 1867. The statute did not intrude on federal jurisdiction over bankruptcy and insolvency, under s. 91(21) of the Constitution Act, 1867. (en)

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Quebec Court of Queen's Bench 20x20px (en)

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The British North America Act set out the powers of the federal and provincial governments (en)

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[1874] UKPC 53, 6 AC 31 , 20 LC Jur 29 (en)

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Lord Selborne (en)

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L'Union St-Jacques de Montreal v Dame Julie Bélisle (en)

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yes (en)

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Matters of a Local and Private Nature (en)

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L'Union St Jacques de Montreal v Bélisle (en)

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Province has the power to enact legislation to alter the terms of a private contract (en)

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Bélisle v L'Union St. Jacques (1870), 15 LC Jur 212 (QC CirCt); upheld, L'Union St-Jacques de Montréal v. Bélisle (1874), 20 LC Jur 29, 5 RLOS 622 . (en)

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L'Union St. Jacques de Montreal v Bélisle is a Canadian constitutional law decision by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The issue was whether a provincial statute which altered the contractual liabilities of a benevolent organization, reducing its financial obligations to two widows, was within the constitutional authority of the province of Quebec under the British North America Act, 1867 (now known as the Constitution Act, 1867). (en)

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L'Union St Jacques de Montreal v Bélisle (en)

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