Description
An Act continue an Act passed in 1821 and the Act that continued and amended it in 1822, “An Act to amend an Act passed in the first year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act for the Summary Trial of certain Small Causes in the Country Parishes of this Province.’” The original Act outlined how trials concerning the recovery of certain debts are to run in the province's counties and parishes, (excepting the Counties of Quebec and Montreal, and the Town and Parish of Trois-Rivières). This 1822 Act amended stipulations pertaining to summonses, Clerk's duties, and declares that no more than one Court shall be held in any Parish, Township, or Seigneurie. This Act is to expire in 1825.
