4. Upon the Acceptance by
Her Majesty of such Surrender all Rights of Government and Property
Rights, and all other Privileges, Liberties, Franchises, Powers, and
Authorities whatsoever, granted or purported to be granted by the said
Letters Patent to the said Governor and Company within Rupert's land,
and which shall have been so surrendered, shall be absolutely
extinguished ...
4. Upon the Acceptance by Her Majesty of such Surrender all Rights of
Government and Proprietary Rights, and all other Privileges, Liberties,
Franchises, Powers, and Authorities whatsoever, granted or purported to
be granted by the said letters Patent to the said Governor and Company
within Rupert's Land, and which shall have been so surrendered, shall
be absolutely extinguished; provided, that nothing herein contained
shall prevent the said Governor and Company from continuing to carry on
in Rupert's Land or elsewhere Trace and Commerce.
5. It shall be competent to Her Majesty by any such Order
or Orders
in Council as aforesaid, on Address from the Houses of the Parliament
of Canada, to declare that Rupert's Land shall, from a Date to be
therein mentioned, be admitted into and become Part of the Dominion of
Canada; and thereupon it shall be lawful for the Parliament of Canada
from the Date aforesaid to make, ordain, and establish within the Land
and Territory so admitted as aforesaid, all such Laws, Institutions,
and Ordinances, and to constitute such Courts and Officers as may be
necessary for the Peace, Order, and good Government of Her Majesty's
Subjects and others therein:
Provided that, until otherwise enacted by the said Parliament of
Canada, all the Powers, Authorities, and Jurisdiction of the several
Courts of Justice now established in Rupert's Land, and all of the
several Officers thereof, and of all Magistrates and Justices now
acting within the said Limits, shall continue in full Force and Effect
therein.
