Constitution Act

The Constitution Act is the name of several acts, notably:

  • The Act forming the original part of the Constitution of Australia
  • Several Acts forming part of the Constitution of Canada, such as,
    • The Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly called the British North America Act, 1867)
    • The Constitution Act, 1982
    • The Constitution Act (British Columbia)
  • Some laws in or formerly in the Constitution of New Zealand:
    • New Zealand Constitution Act 1846
    • New Zealand Constitution Act 1852
    • Constitution Act 1986
  • Niue Constitution Act

Famous quotes containing the words constitution and/or act:

    “If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market place.... The flag and the Constitution stand for democracy and not tyranny, for freedom, not subjection.”
    —Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

    “All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive. But strong natures, backwoodsmen, New Hampshire giants, Napoleons, Burkes, Broughams, Websters, Kossuths, are inevitable patriots, until their life ebbs, and their defects and gout, palsy and money, warp them.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)