Constitution Act

The Constitution Act or Constitutional Act is the name of several pieces of legislation including:

• The Constitution of Australia
• The Constitution of New South Wales
• The Constitution of South Australia
• The Constitution of Victoria
• The Constitution of Tasmania
• The Constitution of Queensland
• Several acts forming part of the Constitution of Canada, such as:
  • The Constitution Act, 1867, formerly called the British North America Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 3)
  • The Constitution Act, 1982
  • The Constitution Act (British Columbia)
• Constitutional Act 1791 (31 Geo. 3. c. 31), which divided Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada for the benefit of newly arrived English-speakers
• Constitutional act of the Czech Republic, the name of a kind of law in the Czech Republic which alters the Constitution
• Various pieces of Danish legislation, including:
  • Constitutional Act of the Kingdom of Denmark (1849), which provided the modern constitution for Denmark, ending the previous absolute monarchy
  • The Danish Act of Succession, known formally as, The Constitutional Act of Denmark of June 5, 1953
• Some laws in or formerly in the Constitution of New Zealand:
  • New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 103)
  • New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 72)
  • The current Constitution Act 1986
• Niue Constitution Act
• The Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961; a former constitution active until 1983 in apartheid-era South Africa that established a republican form of government
• The Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983; a former constitution active until 1994 in apartheid-era South Africa

See also

• Constitution
• Constitutional law (disambiguation)