Legislation by Concept: Innovation
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to Repeal the Patent Acts of this Colony, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof. (Passed 12th May, 1856.) | 19 Victoria Chapter 19 | 1856 | This act repeals an act first passed in 1851, which allowed anyone who is a British subject to apply for a patent in the province if they have invented something new, whether it be a product or an art, machine, manufacturing method, or composition matter. It replaces the 1851 act with new measures for those seeking to apply for a patent in Newfoundland. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Amend an Act passed by the Legislature of this Island in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled “An Act for the Granting of Patents for Useful Inventions.” (Passed 4th August, 1855.) | 18 Victoria Chapter 15 | 1855 | This is an amendment to an act passed in 1851, which allows anyone who is a British subject to apply for a patent in the province if they have invented something new, whether it be a product or an art, machine, manufacturing method, or composition matter. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the granting of Patents for useful inventions. Passed 3rd May 1853. | 16 Victoria – Chapter 32 | 1853 | This Act details the granting of patents based on the kind of material. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1853. Fredericton, NB: John Simpson, Printer to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1853. |
| An Act for the granting of Patents for Useful Inventions. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) | 14 Victoria Chapter 9 | 1851 | This act allows anyone who is a British subject to apply for a patent in the province if they have invented something new, whether it be a product or an art, machine, manufacturing method, or composition matter. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable parties holding Patents for Inventions confined to one section of this Province, to obtain the extension of the same to the other section thereof, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 79 | 1851 | This act enables patent holders who obtained their patents in either Upper or Lower Canada before the uniting of the Canadas to extend their patent rights to the entirety of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the granting a Patent for an improved Fog-Bell or Gong, and other self-regulating Machinery, impelled by Wind, to Thomas Robson, of Sackville, in the Province of New Brunswick, Master Mariner. (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 16 | 1850 | This act grants a patent to an individual named Thomas Robson, of Sackville, New Brunswick, for an improved type of fog horn. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable John Counter to obtain a Patent for making Stoves of a new pattern, and on a new principle. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 145 | 1850 | This act grants a patent to John Counter, owner of the Ontario Foundry, for a new type of stove he has invented. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws of Patents for Inventions in this Province. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 24 | 1849 | This act consolidates and amends past acts which put in place procedures for patenting new creations and inventions in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Provincial Copyright Act to persons resident in the United Kingdom, on certain conditions. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 28 | 1847 | An act to extend "An Act for the protection of Copy-right in this Province" to those who are residents of the United Kingdom. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate The Mechanics' Institute of Montreal. (29th March, 1846.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 93 | 1845 | This act incorporates the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal, allowing them to teach others by means of lectures, establishing a lecture hall, library and reading room, and purchasing equipment. | Early Canadiana Online |
| All Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and better to encourage Agriculture in Lower Canada, by the establishment of Agricultural Societies therein. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 53 | 1845 | This act allows for the establishment of agricultural societies in the part of the province formerly known as Lower Canada. These societies will be given a revenue by the provincial government and will raise funds by subscription, which they will spend on establishing awards for excellence in rearing cattle or produce. The act specifies how these societies are to be organized and how funds are to be collected and disbursed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the King’s County Mechanics’ Institute. Passed 27th March 1845. | 8 Victoria Chapter 50 | 1845 | This act allows for the incorporation the King’s County Mechanics’ Institute and stipulates its mission. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1845. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1845. |
| An Act for the protection of Copy Rights in this Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 61 | 1841 | An Act creating copy rights for authors or engravers in the Province of Canada. This extends to all books, maps, charts, musical compositions, engravings, or etchings made in the province and last for twenty-eight years. The copy right then can be renewed for fourteen more. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Saint John Mechanics’ Institute. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 18 | 1839 | This act allows for the incorporation of the Saint John Mechanics’ Institute. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Act to vest in His Majesty, the Property of Pierre Chasseur’s Museum of Natural History, for Public benefit. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 47 | 1836 | This Act outlines how Pierre Chasseur can be acquitted of his debt, advanced in 1829, under “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the encouragement of Pierre Chasseur in forming a Collection of subjects of Natural History of the Canadas,” and another act in 1830, “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the further encouragement of Pierre Chasseur." Some directions for how the museum established by him is to operate are given. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to consolidate the provisions therein made for the encouragement of useful Arts in this Province. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 34 | 1836 | This Act repeals and replaces the 1831 Act, “An Act for the encouragement of the useful Arts in this Province,” in addition to previous Acts as listed. This Act outlines how patents can be acquired and is to remain in force until 1840. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of Money to the Kingston Mechanics Institute. Passed 16th April, 1835. | 5 William IV – Chapter 40 | 1835 | This act allows a sum of money to be granted to the Kingston Mechanics Institute to allow for the purchase of tools and materials for the study of natural philosophy, geography, astronomy and mathematics. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the promotion of Science by enabling the Mechanics Institute of the City of Toronto to procure certain Apparatus. Passed 16th April, 1835. | 5 William IV – Chapter 38 | 1835 | This act authorises the use of two hundred pounds of public funds for the acquisition and holding of instruments and tools for the study of natural sciences, geography, and astronomy for the benefit of encouraging the promotion of the sciences through the Mechanics Institute of Toronto. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting Patents for useful Inventions. Passed 22d March 1834. | 4 William IV Chapter 27 | 1834 | This act establishes a legal framework for the granting and protecting of patents, and penalties for their violation. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1834. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1834. |
| An Act to Incorporate the Saint John’s Mechanics’ Society. (12th June, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 22 (Session 1) | 1834 | This act incorporates the Saint John's Mechanics' Society, allowing them to purchase and hold real estate, and specifying how and when their elections will be held. | Early Canadiana Online |