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:

    “The whole constitution of property on its present tenures, is injurious, and its influence on persons deteriorating and degrading.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Humour is the making others act or talk absurdly and unconsciously; wit is the pointing out and ridiculing that absurdity consciously, and with more or less ill-nature.”
    —William Hazlitt (1778–1830)