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Statute

1 - 2 E l i z a b e t h I I .

Chap. 9.

An Act respecting the Royal Style and Titles.

[Assented to 11th February, 1953.]

Whereas the Prime Ministers and other representatives of Commonwealth countries assembled in London in the month of December, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two, considered the form of the Royal Style and Titles, and, recognizing that the present form is not in accordance with present constitutional relations within the Commonwealth, concluded that, in the present stage of development of the Commonwealth relationship, it would be in accord with the established constitutional position that each member country should use for its own purposes a form suitable to its own particular circumstances but retaining a substantial element common to all;

Preamble.

And whereas the said representatives of all the Commonwealth countries concerned agreed to take such action as is necessary in each country to secure the appropriate constitutional approval for the changes now envisaged;

And whereas, in order to give effect to the aforesaid conclusions, it is desirable that the Parliament of Canada should assent to the issue of a Royal Proclamation establishing the Royal Style and Titles for Canada;

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. The assent of the Parliament of Canada is hereby given to the issue by Her Majesty of Her Royal Proclamation under the Great Seal of Canada establishing for Canada the following Royal Style and Titles, namely,

   "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith".

   Assent to establishment of Royal Style and Titles.

   Chap. 9. Royal Styles and Titles.

   1-2 Eliz. II., "Her Majesty", etc.

2. (1) Paragraph (10) of section 37 of the Interpretation Act, chapter 1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927, is repealed and the following substituted therefore:

   "(10) "Her Majesty", "His Majesty", "the Queen", "the King" or "the Crown" means the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories, and Head of the Commonwealth;"

   (2) Upon the coming into force of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1952, paragraph (11) of section 35 of the Interpretation Act, chapter 158 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1952, is repealed and the following substituted therefore:

   "(11) "Her Majesty", "His Majesty", "the Queen", "the King" or "the Crown" means the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories, and Head of the Commonwealth;"

   Coming into force.

3. Section 2 shall come into force on the day the Royal Proclamation authorized by section 1 is issued.

   EDMOND CLOUTIER, C.M.G., O.A., D.S.P. Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, 1953

Proclamation of 1953

E l i z a b e t h II.

Canada

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith.

Attorney General, to all to whom these Presents shall come or

Canada whom the same may in anywise concern,

Greeting:

A Proclamation

Whereas the Prime Ministers and other representatives of Commonwealth countries assembled in London in the month of December, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two, considered the form of the Royal Style and Titles, and, recognizing that the present form is not in accordance with present constitutional relations within the Commonwealth, concluded that, in the present stage of development of the Commonwealth relationship, it would be in accord with the established constitutional position that each member country should use for its own purposes a form suitable to its own particular circumstances but retaining a substantial element common to all;

And Whereas the said representatives of all the Commonwealth countries concerned agreed to take such action as is necessary in each country to secure the appropriate constitutional approval for the changes now envisaged;

And Whereas, in order to give effect to the aforesaid conclusions, the Parliament of Canada, under and by virtue of An Act respecting the Royal Style and Titles, assented to on the eleventh day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three, has assented to the issue by Us of Our Royal Proclamation under the Great Seal of Canada establishing for Canada the Style and Titles hereinafter set forth in lieu of the Style and Titles at present appertaining to the Crown;

Now know ye that by and with the advice of Our Privy Council of Canada We do by this Our Royal Proclamation establish for Canada Our Royal Style and Titles as follows, in the English Language:

"Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith".

And in the French language:

"Elizabeth Deux, par la grâce de Dieu, Reine du Royaume-Uni, du Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du Commonwealth, Défendeur de la Foi".

Of all which Our Loving Subjects and all others whom these Presents may concern are hereby asked to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly,

In Testimony There of We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed,

GIVEN the Twenty-eight day of May in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-Three and in the Second Year of Our Reign

By Her Majesty's Command

Prime Minister of Canada

God save the Queen

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