An Act further to continue for a limited time an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty George the Third, intituled, “An Act to facilitate the administration of Justice in certain small matters therein-mentioned, in the Country Parishes.” (17th March, 1821.)

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    1 George IV Chapter 3
  • Year
    1821
  • Concepts
    Justice System
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    1
  • Description
    An Act to continue a former act by the same name passed in 1817 and continued in 1821. The 1817 Act granted the authority for Justices of the Peace to administer cases in country parishes pertaining to fences or ditches on property lines and damage to livestock. Processes by which these cases are to be heard were outlined in this former Act. This Act is set to expire in 1823.
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