{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-north-america-act-1867/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-north-america-act-1867/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/30-31/3",
  "legislation_title": "British North America Act 1867",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-north-america-act-1867",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Reduction of Senate to normal number.",
  "text": "In case of such Addition being at any Time made, the Governor General shall not summon any Person to the Senate, except on a further like Direction by the Queen on the like Recommendation, until each of the Three Divisions of Canada is represented by Twenty-four Senators and no more.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Number of divisions increased to four by British North America Act 1915 (c. 45), s. 1(1)(iv)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/30-31/3/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:00:28.561125+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}