Legislation by Concept: Defence, Justice System
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| 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. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better regulation of the Office of Reporter to the Court of Queen’s Bench in this Province. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 2 | 1840 | This act repeals an act first passed in 1823 and replaces it with new rules regarding the printing, publishing, and reporting of decisions made by the court of the Queen's bench. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the appointment of Commissioners to regulate the Practice of the Court of Chancery. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 1 | 1840 | This act allows the appointment of commissioners to further regulate the court of chancery. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Granting to Her Majesty a Sum of Money for defraying the expenses of the Civil Government of this Colony, and for other purposes, for the Year ending the 30th June, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty, and for regulating the appropriation of the same. (Passed 12th October, 1839.) | 3 Victoria - Chapter 12 | 1839 | This act grants various sums to individuals who serve the courts of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance further to continue, for a limited time, a certain Ordinance relative to persons charged with High Treason, Suspicion of High Treason, Misprision of High Treason, and Treasonable Practices. | 3 Victoria Chapter 2 (Session 5) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues the 1838 Ordinance, continued in 1839, “An Ordinance to authorize the apprehension and detention of persons charged with High Treason, Suspicion of High Treason, Misprision of High Treason, and Treasonable Practices, and to suspend, for a limited time, as to such persons, a certain Ordinance therein mentioned, and for other purposes,” which is to remain in force until 1840. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for indemnifying persons who, since the twenty-first, day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight have acted in apprehending, imprisoning, or detaining in custody, persons suspected of High Treason, or Treasonable Practices, and in the suppression of unlawful assemblies, and for other purposes therein-mentioned. | 2 Victoria Chapter 66 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, charges against persons who assisted in detaining those suspected of High Treason, Suspicion of High Treason, or Treasonable Practices are to be discharged and made void. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the further support of the Provincial Penitentiary. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 65 | 1839 | This act grants a sum of money for the upkeep and daily maintenance of the provincial penitentiary. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to establish Circuit Courts of Requests in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Three Rivers, and for other purposes. | 2 Victoria Chapter 58 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends the 1836 Act, “An Act to provide for the Summary Trial of Small Causes,” and suspends some of its terms except as persons to the Districts of Saint-François and Gaspé, and establishes Courts of Requests to provide for the trial of small causes in the Districts of Montréal, Québec, and Trois-Rivières as outlined. Directions for how these Courts of Requests should operate are given. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to revive and continue certain Acts of the Legislature of this Province therein-mentioned. | 2 Victoria Chapter 52 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues several acts relating to Houses of Correction, as listed, which are to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to repeal a certain Ordinance, intituled, “An Ordinance to declare that the second chapter of the Statute of the Parliament of England, passed in the thirty-first year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, is not, nor has ever been in force in this Province, and for other purposes.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 51 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance repeals an Ordinance passed in 1838, “An Ordinance to declare that the second chapter of the Statute of the Parliament of England, passed in the thirty-first year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, is not, nor has ever been in force in this Province, and for other purposes." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to regulate the Practice of the Courts of Judicature in this Province, respecting certain proceedings. | 2 Victoria Chapter 49 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance makes it lawful for the Clerks or Prothonotaries of the Court of King's Bench or Provincial Court to issue writs of capias ad respondendum and of attachment without the fiat of a judge in certain cases as described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to Circuit Courts in the Counties of Glouester, Restigouche, and King’s. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 47 | 1839 | This act establishes a circuit court for Restigouche County, and changes the dates for the sittings of those in Gloucester and Kings Counties. | 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 authorise the Magistrates of the Home District to borrow a sum of Money, for the purpose of completing the new Gaol and Court House. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 44 | 1839 | This act authorises the magistrates of the Home district to build a new jail and, once the new one is completed, to dispose of the old building and grounds in Toronto. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Magistrates of the Midland District to borrow a sum of money, to build a wall around the Gaol and Court House of the Midland District. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 43 | 1839 | This act authorises the justices of the peace of the Midland district to borrow a sum of money to build a wall and a gatehouse around the district jail in Kingston in order to better secure the prisoners. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue certain Acts therein mentioned, relating to the Administration of Justice in the Inferior District of Gaspe. | 2 Victoria Chapter 40 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues several Acts, listed, relating to the Justice System in the Inferior District of Gaspé, which are to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for erecting a Court House with proper Offices at Sherbrooke, in the District of Saint Francis, and for defaying the expense thereof. | 2 Victoria Chapter 38 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance makes provision for the construction of a new Court House in the District of Saint-François at Sherbrooke, as described. The Ordinance also makes the Village of Sherbrooke a Town. Instructions for the Court House's construction and allowable expenses are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of the Act relating to the appointment of a Master of the Rolls in the Court of Chancery. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 37 | 1839 | This act places the authority to appoint Masters of Rolls of the Court of Chancery in the hands of the Sovereign. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Act for the improvement of the Practice in the Court of Chancery. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 35 | 1839 | This act creates new rules and regulations for the Court of Chancery. | 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 authorize the Court of King’s Bench to admit Adam Ainslic to practise as an Attorney in that Court, and to authorize the Vice-Chancellor to admit him to practise as a Solicitor, in the Court of Chancery in this Province. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 34 | 1839 | This act admits Adam Ainslic, a Scottish lawyer, to the provincial court of Chancery. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make valid and to confirm the admission of John Bristowe, Esquire, as a Solicitor in the Court of Chancery in this Province. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 33 | 1839 | This act admits John Bristowe, originally of London, where he was educated as a solicitor, and recently admitted as a lawyer in Toronto, to the court of Chancery of Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |