An Act further to continue for a limited time, and to amend, an Act passed in the forty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province, and for repealing certain Acts or Ordinances therein-mentioned.” (24th April, 1819.)

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    59 George III Chapter 2
  • Year
    1819
  • Concepts
    Defence
    Public Order
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    5
  • Description
    An act to amend an act originally passed in 1803, amended in 1812, and revived in 1817. The amended act declares that all men between the ages of eighteen and fifty are to be militia men, bound to serve in their division's militia. This act repeals forty-first section of the original act, which had permitted the acceptance of volunteers. The original act outlines who is to be excepted from this law, how order is to be maintained, and how these men are to be enrolled and trained. The act is to expire in 1821.
  • Source
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