An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the first year of his present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to prevent the spreading of contagious Distempers,” and also in amendment of an Act, passed in the sixteenth year of the said Reign, entitled, “An Act in addition to the before recited Act.”

  • Province
    Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
  • Chapter
    39 George III – Chapter 3
  • Year
    1799
  • Concepts
    Public Health
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    14
  • Description
    An amendment to an act first passed in 1761, and subsequently amended. The current amendment expands the power to quarantine any foreign vessel arriving in any of the province's ports should be quarantined for as long as should be deemed safest by the governor, lieutenant-governor, or commander-in-chief rather than a pre-determined number of days.
  • Source
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