Some delegates to the 1898 Constitutional Convention favoured a section similar to the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, but the majority felt that the traditional rights and freedoms of British subjects were sufficiently guaranteed by the Parliamentary system and independent judiciary which the Constitution would create.
1898立宪大会的部分代表倾向加入类似《美国宪法》中的权力法案，但多数代表认为《宪法》所设立的议会制度和司法独立已足以保证英国子民的传统权利和自由。