An Act more effectually to provide for the Regulation of the Police in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, and the Town of Three-Rivers, and for other purposes therein mentioned. (22 March, 1817.)

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    57 George III Chapter 16
  • Year
    1817
  • Concepts
    Public Order
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Local
  • Number of Articles
    15
  • Description
    An Act to authorise Justices of the Peace in the province's districts of to impose rules and regulations upon the police of the cities of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières within those districts. Processes by which these rules should be imposed and the allowable penalties associated with them are described. Further regulations on Apprentices, Domestics, Labourers, hired Servants and Journeymen, as well as their masters or mistresses, are described, such as fines to be given for gaming in taverns.
  • Source
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