Reference re: British Columbia Provincial Elections Act, 1897

Reference re: British Columbia Provincial Elections Act, 1897

Reference re: British Columbia Provincial Elections Act, 1897, [1902] JCJ No. 3
This is an appeal from British Columbia v Homma (8 B.C.R. 76), about whether the province has the power to bar Japanese from voting or whether that conflicted with s 91 (25) of the British North America Act that gave federal jurisdiction over naturalization. The court rejected that barring naturalized Japanese from voting fell under the naturalization power, and declared the law to be intra vires.
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Reference re: British Columbia Provincial Elections Act, 1897

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Researcher: Monique F. Ulysses
Researcher: Lauren Chalaturnyk
Metadata author: Connell Parish
Metadata author: Gordon Lyall
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Source: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Reports. 1902.

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