An Act to continue and make perpetual an Act passed in the forty- eighth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to authorise the Judges, in Civil Causes, in this Province, to delegate the power of administering Oaths in certain cases therein mentioned.” (19th May, 1812.)

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    52 George III Chapter 11 (S1)
  • Year
    1812
  • Concepts
    Justice System
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    1
  • Description
    An act to continue and make perpetual a former act from 1808 to allow judges in civil causes to authorise individuals including notaries and justices of the peace to administer to the oath to experts, guardians, tutors, sub-tutors, or curators in places more than five leagues away from the Court to avoid the delay and expense of bringing distant experts to Court. The original act also included the oaths that may be taken by these individuals.
  • Source
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