Legislation by Concept: Justice System, Financial Regulation
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors.” | 53 George III – Chapter 14 | 1813 | An amendment of a 1763 act which outlines how creditors can collect on debts owing from insolvent persons and penalties for insolvent debtors. The amendment better defines how those imprisoned for debt can be discharged. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Provisions of an act made and passed in the fifty-second year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to facilitate the circulation of Army Bills,” and to make further regulations respecting the same. (15th February, 1813.) | 53 George III Chapter 3 | 1813 | An act to extend an act originally passed in 1812 and introduce further regulations. The original act outlined the issue, use, and limitations of Army Bills, including their rate of exchange and interest, and the institution of the Army Bill Office. This act increases the amount allowed to be in circulation to five hundred thousand pounds and amends the rate of interest. That Army Bills can be issued in denominations of one, two, eight, ten, twelve, sixteen, and twenty dollars. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the Circulation within this Province of Army Bills, issued by authority of the Province of Lower Canada. Passed the 13th day of March, 1813. | 53 George III – Chapter 1 | 1813 | This Act details provisions for the use of army bills and their exchange throughout Upper and Lower Canada. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1813. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1813. |
| Act to facilitate the circulation of Army Bills. (1st August, 1812.) | 53 George III Chapter 1 (S2) | 1812 | This act outlines the issuing, use, and limitations of Army Bills, including their rate of exchange and interest. The Army Bill Office is described as well as the positions needed to run it and their responsibilities. The amount allowed to be in circulation at one time is set at two hundred and fifty thousand pounds. The process by which the Army Bills should be exchanged is described, as well as procedures when Army Bills are cancelled, destroyed, or lost. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to the Act relating to Wills, Legacies and Executors, and for the settlement and distribution of the Estate of Intestates. | 52 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1812 | This act allows for the estates of debtors to be distributed to creditors against the estate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to empower the Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being, to appoint Commissioners to issue Treasury Notes. | 52 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1812 | This act permits the issuance of treasury notes from the province. It defines the format of these notes, how they are to be paid out, how many of each denomination are to be printed, who is responsible for paying out said notes, and various other rules governing the issuing of provincial treasury notes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, made and passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.” | 51 George III – Chapter 26 | 1811 | A amendment of an act first passed in 1763, which outlines how creditors can collect on debts owing from insolvent persons and penalties for insolvent debtors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more easy recovery of Debts against Co-Partners and Joint Debtors. | 51 George III – Chapter 10 | 1811 | This act makes it easier to proceed against debtors who hold debt jointly, whether they be in province or out of province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Ordinance of the Province of Quebec, passed in the seventeenth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance for ascertaining damages on Protested Bills of Exchange, and fixing the rate of Interest in the Province of Quebec;’’ also, to ascertain damages on Protested Bills of Exchange, and fixing the rate of Interest in this Province. (Passed 13th March, 1811.) | 51 George III – Chapter 9 | 1811 | An amendment to a past act which standardizes the exchange rate on foreign bills. The amendment clarifies the procedures to be followed in cases of dispute, and defines rates of interest to be charged in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend Personal Arrest to the sum of Forty Shillings, and otherwise to regulate the Practice in cases of Personal Arrest. (Passed 15th March, 1811.) | 51 George III – Chapter 3 | 1811 | This act raises the amount for which debtors can be arrested from ten pounds sterling to forty pounds sterling. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and make perpetual an Act, intituled “An Act for the support and relief of confined debtors,” and further to extend the provisions of the same. Passed the 14th of March, 1810. | 50 George III Chapter 30 | 1810 | This act makes an 1801 act permanent and makes new provisions to it concerning debtor imprisonment and perjury. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1810. Saint John: Jacob Mott, 1810 |
| An Act for the more easy and speedy recovery of small debts. Passed the 14th of March, 1810. | 50 George III Chapter 17 | 1810 | This act creates a new system of rules governing how someone may legally go about recovering small debts in courts of law. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1810. Saint John: Jacob Mott, 1810 |
| An Act for preventing the Forging and Counterfeiting of Foreign Bills of Exchange, and of Foreign Notes and Orders for the payment of Money. (Passed 12th March, 1810.) | 50 George III – Chapter 4 | 1810 | This act imposes severe consequences on anyone who would attempt to forge foreign currency within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the sale of part of the Lands and Tenements of Samuel Hart, of Halifax, merchant, a lunatick, or insane person, for payment of his Debts, and for his maintenance and support. | 50 George III – Chapter 16 (Session 2) | 1809 | This act places the goods and finances of Samuel Hart under the care of three guardians. Hart, a Halifax merchant, has been declared a lunatic, and his estate is protected from being completely liquidated by creditors in order to leave him enough to support him for his lifetime. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal and amend certain parts of an Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “Act for the better regulation of certain Coins current in the Province,” to equalize them to the standard weight and value of the like Coins in foe Province of Lower Canada. (Passed 9th March, 1809.) | 49 George III – Chapter 8 | 1809 | An amendment to a past act which standardized the value of various international currencies being circulated across the province. Includes detailed conversion table. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act made and passed in the forty seventh year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for the more easy recovery of small Debts in certain parts of this Province.” (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 15 | 1808 | An Act to extend a former Act from 1807, and further enacts that all Justices who are to be appointed will have the rights, powers, and authority mentioned in the former Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for better regulating the weight and rates at which certain Coins shall pass current in this Province; for preventing the falsifying, counterfeiting or impairing of the same; and for repealing the Act and Ordinance therein mentioned. (14th. April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 8 | 1808 | This Act lists the weights of coins within the province and the corresponding weights of other currencies. Measures to be taken for coins that do not correspond to the standard weights are outlined. Penalties for falsifying currency are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act, made and passed in the thirty-fourth year of his late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for the ascertaining damages on Protested Bills of Exchange.” | 48 George III – Chapter 20 | 1807 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1760. The amendment changes the interest rate charged on bills of exchange held by persons outside the jurisdiction of the crown. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions. | 48 George III – Chapter 12 | 1807 | This act details the procedures to be followed by court officials, including judges, in cases brought against debtors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more easy recovery of small Debts in certain parts of this Province. (16th April, 1807.) | 47 George III Chapter 13 | 1807 | An Act to empower Justices of the Peace to command summons within certain Townships and Seigneuries in order to recover debts not exceeding five pounds and to pass judgement upon the cases brought before them pertaining to debts owed. The Act is followed by a Form of Summons and a Form of Warrant of Execution. | Early Canadiana Online |