An Act to repeal in part, a certain part of an Act passed in the forty- third year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to extend theprovisions of an Act passed in the thirty fourth yearof His Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to restrain the custom of permitting Horned Cattle, Horses, Sheepand Swine, to runat large. And further to enable the Magistrates in their respective Districts in this Province, in General Quarter Sessions assembled, to make such rules and regulations as may restrain swine running at large in the respective Towns in this Province, where a Police is or may hereafter be established by Law. Passed 17th January, 1822.

  • Province
    Upper Canada (1792-1840)
  • Chapter
    2 George IV – Chapter 11
  • Year
    1822
  • Concepts
    Agriculture
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
    Local
  • Number of Articles
    2
  • Description
    This Act repeals as "ineffectual and insufficient" the section of the earlier legislation cited in this Act's title, relating to swine. It also stipulates that magistrates in any town with a police force or which may in future establish a police force have the authority to create regulations around the "running at large" of swine in their respective jurisdictions.
  • Source
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