An Act to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the Forty-eighth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled “An Act to regulate the Trial of Controverted Elections or Returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.” (26th. February, 1816.)

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    56 George III Chapter 1
  • Year
    1816
  • Concepts
    Elections & Public Office
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    1
  • Description
    An act to further continue the act originally passed in 1808 which specifies standards for petitions complaining of undue elections of Members to the House of Assembly. Restrictions including the contents, allowable dates for petitions, and a fee to bring forward a petition were also outlined in the original act. The act is set to expire in 1821.
  • Source
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