| An Act to authorize the Grand Jurors of the several Counties within this Province to inspect the Public Accounts. Passed 25th March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 23 |
1840 |
This act stipulates that county justices of the peace will be bound to annually present accounts of county finances to a grand jury for review. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to render permanent a certain Ordinance for more effectually preventing the administering or taking of Unlawful Oaths, and for preventing Treasonable and Seditious practices. |
3 Victoria Chapter 19 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes the 1839 Ordinance, “An Ordinance for more effectually preventing the administering or taking of Unlawful Oaths, and for better preventing Treasonable and Seditious Practices,” permanent. |
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| An Act for altering the times of holding one of the Terms of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace, and also one of the additional Terms of the said Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of King’s. Passed 25th March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 19 |
1840 |
This act allows for the times of the sittings of certain courts to be altered to more convenient times. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Ordinances therein mentioned, and to amend one of the said Ordinances. |
3 Victoria Chapter 16 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes various Ordinances, listed, permanent and amends certain sections of a number of them. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance further to continue, for a limited time, certain Acts therein mentioned. |
3 Victoria Chapter 15 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance continues several Acts, listed, which are to remain in force until 1845. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue for a limited time, two certain Acts therein mentioned, relative to the erection of Court Houses and Gaols in the several Counties of this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. |
3 Victoria Chapter 14 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance continues the 1832 Act, “An Act to authorise the erection of Court Houses and Goals in the Counties of this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” as amended by another Act in 1834., which Acts are to remain in force until 1845. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the Introduction of Spirituous Liquors into the Common Gaols of this Province. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 14 |
1840 |
This act makes it illegal to provide any prisoners of the provincial or district jails with alcohol, either by gift or by sale, under penalty of five pounds. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Ordinances therein mentioned, providing for the indemnification of persons who may have acted in the suppression of unlawful assemblies or of Treasonable practices, and for the attainder of persons against whom sentences may have been given by Courts Martial. |
3 Victoria Chapter 10 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes several ordinances related to the arrest of people suspected of treasonable practices or acting in defence of the Province, permanent. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend and render permanent the Act therein mentioned, passed to facilitate the administration of Justice in Civil matters, in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, Three Rivers and Saint Francis. |
3 Victoria Chapter 9 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes the 1831 Ordinance, , “An Act to facilitate the administration of Justice respecting Enquetes in Civil matters before the Courts of King’s Bench for the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, Three Rivers and the Inferior District of Saint Francis,” permanent. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act to provide for the services of the Clerk of the Circuit Courts in this Province. Passed 25th March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 9 |
1840 |
This act continues an 1835 act to provide for the salaries of Circuit Court Clerks until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to continue an Act to prevent Disorderly Riding on Streets and Highways in this Province. Passed 25th March 1840.
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3 Victoria Chapter 8 |
1840 |
This act continues an 1836 act to prohibit reckless driving until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Acts therein mentioned. |
3 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes several Acts, set to expire, permanent. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the Fifth Session of the General Assembly of this Island, entitled “An Act to combine the Office of Clerk of the Central Circuit Court with the Office of Clerk of the Supreme Court, and to make provision for the Officer discharging the duties of the said Offices.” (Passed 20th April, 1840.) |
3 Victoria - Chapter 6 |
1840 |
This is the continuation of an act first passed in 1835, which combines two court offices into one role, and specifies the duties of the new court officer. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act to provide for the payment of Interest on Warrants. Passed 25th March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 6 |
1840 |
This act continues an 1834 act regulating the payment of interest on warrants until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to continue and make perpetual an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to mitigate the Law in respect to Imprisonment for Debt.” Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 6 |
1840 |
This act continues and makes permanent an act first passed in 1835, which raises the amount required to jail debtors from five pounds to ten pounds. It also further defines the actions which can be taken against debtors in order to recover costs. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the continuation of Suits and Process, in cases of Formation of New Districts. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 5 |
1840 |
This act provides for the continuation of all court cases, no matter the court, in cases where new districts are created and the jurisdiction may change due to the creation of new district courts. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Acts therein mentioned, relating to the administration of Justice in the Inferior District of Gaspe. |
3 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes the 1832 Act, “An Act to extend the provisions of a certain Act therein mentioned, as far as the same relates to the Judicature of the Inferior District of Gaspe, and more effectually to provide for the due administration of Justice in the said District,” as amended by several other acts, permanent. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Acts of the Legislature of this Province, relative to the District of St. Francis. |
3 Victoria Chapter 3 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes several acts set to expire in 1842 permanent, including the 1823 Act, “An Act to erect certain townships therein mentioned into an Inferior District, to be called the District of Saint Francis [Saint-François], and to establish Courts of Judicature therein,” and the 1832 Act, “An Act to make better provision with regard to appeals from the Provincial Court of the Inferior District of Saint Francis, to establish Circuits therein, and to extend the benefit of the Trial by Jury to the said Inferior District,” as amended by several other Acts. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish the Fees and Costs chargeable in the several Police Offices and Courts of Session in this Colony. (Passed 29th April, 1840.) |
3 Victoria - Chapter 3 |
1840 |
This act establishes various fees to be paid to court officials for services rendered. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled, “An Act for the exemplary punishment of all and every person and persons who shall seduce, or attempt to seduce, or aid or assist, or attempt to aid or assist any Soldier to Desert His Majesty's Service, or who shall harbor, conceal, receive or assist any Deserter from such Service,” and to make further provision for the punishment of such offenders. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 3 |
1840 |
This act repeals an act first passed in 1804 which describes the punishment(s) to befall civilians who encouraged or assisted a soldier to desert. Punishment was to consist of both imprisonment and fines, and replaces it with new laws which are very similar. |
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