Short Title Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the  Constitution Act, 2021 (property qualifications of Senators) . 30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3  (U.K.) Constitution Act, 1867 2 Paragraph (4) of section 23 of the  Constitution Act, 1867  is repealed. Constitution Act, 1867 Clause 2 : Existing text of relevant portions of section 23: 23. The Qualifications of a Senator shall be as follows: . . . (4) His Real and Personal Property shall be together worth Four thousand Dollars over and above his Debts and Liabilities; . . . 3 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 23: Real property qualification 23A. Paragraph (3) of section 23 ceases to apply, after the coming into force of this section, to Senators representing a province other than Quebec. Clause 3 : New. 4 The Declaration of Qualification set out in The Fifth Schedule to the Act is replaced by the following: Declaration of Qualification I,  A.B. , do declare and testify that I am by law duly qualified to be appointed a member of the Senate of Canada. Clause 4 : Existing text of the Declaration of Qualification: I  A.B.  do declare and testify, That I am by Law duly qualified to be appointed a Member of the Senate of Canada [ or as the Case may be ], and that I am legally or equitably seised as of Freehold for my own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Free and Common Socage [ or  seised or possessed for my own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Franc-alleu or in Roture ( as the Case may be ),] in the Province of Nova Scotia [ or as the Case may be ] of the Value of Four thousand Dollars over and above all Rents, Dues, Debts, Mortgages, Charges, and Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the same, and that I have not collusively or colourably obtained a Title to or become possessed of the said Lands and Tenements or any Part thereof for the Purpose of enabling me to become a Member of the Senate of Canada [ or as the Case may be ], and that my Real and Personal Property are together worth Four thousand Dollars over and above my Debts and Liabilities. Coordinating Amendments Definition of  Amendment 5 (1) In this section,  Amendment  means the repeal of paragraphs (3) and (6) of section 23 of the  Constitution Act, 1867 . (2) If section 3 of this Act comes into force before the Amendment is made, then, on the day on which the Amendment is made, section 23A of the  Constitution Act, 1867 , as enacted by section 3 of this Act, is repealed. (3) If the Amendment is made before section 3 of this Act comes into force, then that section 3 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed. (4) If section 3 of this Act comes into force on the same day as the day on which the Amendment is made, then the Amendment is deemed to have been made before that section 3 and subsection (3) applies as a consequence. (5) On the first day on which both the Amendment is made and this Act is in force, paragraph 5 of section 31 of the  Constitution Act, 1867 , is replaced by the following: (5) If he ceases to be qualified in respect of Residence; provided, that a Senator shall not be deemed to have ceased to be qualified in respect of Residence by reason only of his residing at the Seat of the Government of Canada while holding an Office under that Government requiring his Presence there. Clause 5 : Existing text of paragraph 5 of section 31: 31. The Place of a Senator shall become vacant in any of the following Cases: . . . (5) If he ceases to be qualified in respect of Property or of Residence; provided, that a Senator shall not be deemed to have ceased to be qualified in respect of Residence by reason only of his residing at the Seat of the Government of Canada while holding an Office under that Government requiring his presence there. . . . Interpretation Interpretation 6 A reference to the  Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982  is deemed to include a reference to this Act.