Section 33 (Notwithstanding clause)

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constitutional provision notwithstanding clause

Section 33, commonly known as the notwithstanding clause, is a provision in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that allows federal or provincial legislatures to temporarily override certain Charter rights.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms	0
notwithstanding clause	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ notwithstanding clause ⓘ
affects	Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ Sections 7 to 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
allows	enactment of legislation notwithstanding specified Charter provisions ⓘ override of certain Charter rights ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Section 33 (Notwithstanding clause) ⓘ surface form: notwithstanding clause
appliesTo	Parliament of Canada ⓘ provincial legislatures in Canada ⓘ
bindingOn	courts in Canada when validly invoked ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1982 ⓘ
category	override clause ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentRequiredToChange	true ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	entrenched ⓘ
controversial	true ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
doesNotAffect	democratic rights in the Charter ⓘ equality of men and women under Section 28 of the Charter ⓘ language rights in the Charter ⓘ minority language education rights in the Charter ⓘ mobility rights in the Charter ⓘ
enables	temporary suspension of certain Charter rights ⓘ
geographicalScope	applies throughout Canada ⓘ
jurisdiction	Canada ⓘ
legalEffect	permits legislation to operate notwithstanding certain Charter guarantees ⓘ
locatedIn	Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ surface form: Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982
partOf	Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ surface form: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
purpose	to allow elected legislatures to respond to judicial interpretations of the Charter ⓘ to preserve parliamentary supremacy over certain rights issues ⓘ
relatedConcept	judicial review in Canada ⓘ parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
renewable	true ⓘ
requires	express declaration in the legislation ⓘ identification of the specific Charter provision being overridden ⓘ ordinary legislative majority unless otherwise specified by jurisdiction ⓘ periodic legislative reconsideration due to five-year limit ⓘ
subjectTo	political accountability ⓘ
temporalLimit	maximum five years per declaration ⓘ
temporalScope	prospective application to legislation ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"Parliament or the legislature of a province may expressly declare..." ⓘ
timeLimitReason	to align with maximum term of legislatures in Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Section 33 (Notwithstanding clause) → alsoKnownAs → Section 33 (Notwithstanding clause) ⓘ

subject surface form: Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

this entity surface form: notwithstanding clause

Constitution Act, 1982 → contains → Section 33 (Notwithstanding clause) ⓘ