Section 52 [Constitution of Canada]
(1) The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of Canada, and
any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the
Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force
or effect.
(2) The Constitution of Canada includes
(a) the Canada Act, 1982, including this act;
(b) the Acts and orders referred to in the Schedule; and
(c) any amendment to any Act or order referred to in Paragraph (a)
or (b).
(3) Amendments to the Constitution of Canada shall be made only in
accordance with the authority contained in the Constitution of
Canada.
Section 53 [Repealed Provisions]
(1) The enactments referred to in Column I of the schedule are
hereby repealed or amended to be extent indicated in Column II
thereof, and unless repealed, shall continue as law in Canada
under the names set out in Column III thereof.
(2) Every enactment, except the Canada Act, 1982, that refers to
an enactment referred to in the schedule by the name in Column I
thereof is hereby amended by substituting for that name the
corresponding name in Column III thereof, and any British North
America Act not referred to in the schedule may be cited as the
Constitution Act followed by the year and number, if any, of its
enactment.
Section 54 [Repealed Provisions]
Part IV is repealed on the day that is one year after this part
comes into force, and this section may be repealed and this act
renumbered, consequentially upon the repeal of Part IV and this
section, by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the
Great Seal of Canada.
Section 55 [French Version]
A French version of the portions of the Constitution of Canada
referred to in the schedule shall be prepared by the Minister of
Justice of Canada as expeditiously as possible and, when any
portion thereof sufficient to warrant action being taken has been
prepared, it shall be put forward for enactment by proclamation
issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada
pursuant to the procedure then applicable to an amendment of the
same provisions of the Constitution of Canada.
Section 56 [Equal Authority of Versions]
Where any portion of the Constitution of Canada has been or is
enacted in English and French or where a French version of any
portion of the Constitution is enacted pursuant to Section 55,
the English and French versions of that portion of the
Constitution are equally authoritative.
Section 57 [Equal Authority of Versions]
The English and French versions of this act are equally
authoritative.
Section 58 [In Force]
Subject to Section 59, this act shall come into force on a day
to be fixed by proclamation issued by the Queen or the Governor
General under the Great Seal of Canada.
Section 59 [Special Date]
(1) Section 23 (1)(a) shall come into force in respect of
Quebec on a day to be fixed by proclamation issued by the Queen or
the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada.
(2) A proclamation under Subsection (1) shall be issued only where
authorized by the legislative assembly or government of Quebec.
(3) This section may be repealed on the day Section 23 (1)(a)
comes into force in respect of Quebec and this act amended and
renumbered, consequentially up the repeal of this section, by
proclamation issued by the Queen or the Governor General under the
Great Seal of Canada.
Section 60 [Constitution Acts]
This act may be cited as the Constitution Act, 1982, and the
Constitution Acts 1867 to 1975 and this act may be cited together
as the Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982.
Section 61 [Constitution Amendment Proclamation]
A reference to the "Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982" shall be
deemed be to include a reference to the "Constitution Amendment
Proclamation, 1983".