Legislation by Concept: Financial Regulation, Labour Regulation
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An A[ct] to avoid the double Payment of Debts. | 11 George III – Chapter 10 | 1771 | Under this Act, in cases where tradesmen bring suits to recover debts owing two years or more after work was done, their shop book may be given as evidence. This Act is to remain in force for five years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for establishing the Rate of Interest. | 10 George III Chapter 5 | 1770 | This Act restricts the rate of interest that can be charged for loans to be not above six pounds for the forbearing of one hundred pounds per year, and outlines penalties for persons who charge more. Agreements made before this Act are to be considered lawful. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for giving like Remedy upon Promissory Notes, as is now used upon Bills of Exchange. | 8 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1768 | Under this Act, notes in writing for sums owed to another party should have the same effect as bills of exchange in order to allow the party owed to recover such sums in court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief, to grant Warrants on the Treasury for the Sum of Three Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Eight Pounds, and Four Pence, with the Interest due thereon, the same to bear interest, for the Payment of sundry persons who have demands on the Government. | 6 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act allows for warrants on the treasury bearing interest at six per cent per annum to persons having demands on the province for bounties and premiums. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend an Act, made and pass’d in the 32d Year of His Late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, an Act for making Lands and Tenements Liable to the Payment of Debts. | 3 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act explains and amends the 1758 Act, “An Act for making Lands and Tenements Liable to the Payment of Debts,” including by outlining how persons judged to wrongfully detain lands or tenements should be prosecuted and expanding on how rents can be collected. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. | 3 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act outlines how creditors can collect on debts owing from insolvent persons and penalties for insolvent debtors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Creditors to receive their just Debts, out of the Effects of their absent or absconding Debtors. | 1 George III – Chapter 8 | 1761 | This Act outlines how creditors can claim debts owing to them from absent persons and provides the processes by which debtors who abscond out of the Province to account if they cannot repay the amount owed. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for the ascertaining Damages on protested Bills of Exchange. | 34 George II – Chapter 2 | 1760 | Under this Act, persons that draw bills of exchange that are protested are subject to a fine of ten per cent damages with a rate of six per cent interest per annum. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for making Lands and Tenements liable to the Payment of Debts. | 32 George II – Chapter 15 | 1758 | This Act sets regulations on how creditors can collect payments of debts and procedures to take place if the debtor cannot repay their creditor. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for Establishing the Rate of Spanish Dollars, and the Interest of Money within this Province. | 32 George II – Chapter 7 | 1758 | This Act sets the rate of Spanish Dollars at five shillings. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |