An Act to extend the provisions of an act passed in the second Session of the first Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada, entitled “An Act to confirm and make valid certain Marriages, heretofore contracted in the Country now comprised within the province of Upper Canada, and to provide for the future Solemnization of Marriage within the same.”

  • Province
    Upper Canada (1792-1840)
  • Chapter
    37 George III Chapter 17
  • Year
    1797
  • Concepts
    Family Law
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    6
  • Description
    This act allows any Church of Scotland, Lutheran, or Calvinist clergymen to marry any two persons who are legally qualified for matrimony.
  • Source
    Early Canadiana Online