| An Act to facilitate Summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace, and to afford to such Justices reasonable protection in the discharge of their duty. Passed 28th January, 1832. |
2 William IV – Chapter 4 |
1832 |
This act clarifies how court proceedings are to be recorded. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to remove doubts respecting the Jurisdiction of Commissioners of Customs in this Province. Passed 28th January, 1832. |
2 William IV – Chapter 3 |
1832 |
This Act authorizes Commissioners of Customs to constitute a Court of Record in certain "cases of forfeiture and penalties"; namely, in those cases involving sums of money less than forty pounds. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize a further Extension of the Gaol Limits in the Town of Fredericton. Passed 27th February 1832. |
2 William IV Chapter 2 Session 1 |
1832 |
This act allows for York County officials to expand the boundaries of the county gaol in Fredericton. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1832. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1832. |
| An Act to remove doubts respecting the Jurisdiction over Offences committed upon the Lakes and Rivers in this Province. Passed 23rd December, 1831. |
2 William IV – Chapter 2 |
1832 |
This Act defines in which district water bodies not fully enclosed within the borders of a particular township should be considered to be. The Act also makes provision for the trying of crimes committed on such water bodies. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act of the Fourteenth Year of His Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund towards defraying the charges of the Administration of Justice, and support of the Civil Government within the Province of Quebec in America. 22nd September, 1831. |
1 & 2 William IV – Chapter 23 |
1832 |
This Act enumerates the duties to be charged on a number of items imported into the province, and states that this revenue be applied toward justice and governance. The Act makes brief reference to Lower Canada and its authority to appropriate such revenue raised by its government, for its own purposes. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a Part of the public Revenue for the Services, therein mentioned. Passed 31st March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 48 |
1831 |
This act awards monies to various persons for their services to the government and for local infrastructure projects. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to amend the Laws in Force relating to insolvent confined Debtors. Passed 31st March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 43 |
1831 |
This act amends legislation creating new provisions for the incarceration of insolvent debtors. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to authorize the Justices or the Peace for the County of Charlotte further to assess the Inhabitants of said County for the Completion and Finishing a Gaol, and for the Erection of a Lock-up-House in said County. Passed 31st March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 36 |
1831 |
This act allows for Gloucester County officials to raise more funds to complete the construction of a county gaol. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to repeal an Act, intituled An Act to prevent illicit and Clandestine Trade, and for imposing a Duty upon Articles illegally imported or brought into this Province, to be levied and paid after the Condemnation and Sale thereof. Passed 31st March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 34 |
1831 |
This act repeals an 1807 act for preventing illicit trade and imposing a duty on imported items. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to enable the Justices of the Peace for the County of Kent to raise Money by Assessment on the Inhabitants of the said County, to discharge the Debt due for erecting the Court House and Gaol. Passed 31st March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 32 |
1831 |
This act allows Kent County officials to raise money to erect a county court house and gaol. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to authorize the Extension of the Gaol Limits in the County of Charlotte. Passed 31st March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 31 |
1831 |
This act allows the Charlotte county jail to extend its boundaries, and specifies the limits to which it can extend. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to continue an Act to provide for the Expenses of the Judges holding the Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer in this Province, and of the Clerk in those Courts. Passed 31st March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 27 |
1831 |
This act continues the terms of an earlier act to provide for the Expenses of the Judges holding the Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer until 1833. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to provide for setting and keeping to hard Labour Persons adjudged to that Punishment. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 18 |
1831 |
This act allows for county officials to make regulations for those serving hard labour in their jurisdiction, to collect any profits from said hard labour, and punish those prisoners who refuse to work. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act further to amend the Laws relative to Offences against the Person. Passed 15th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 17 |
1831 |
This act creates new punishments for women who commit infanticide or attempt to conceal births, and against violent offences in general. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act for amending the Laws relative to malicious Injuries to Property. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 16 |
1831 |
This act creates measures to punish wanton damage of property, public and private. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Larceny and other Offences connected therewith. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 15 |
1831 |
As Imperial acts regarding larceny have been repealed this act creates new regulations for the dealing with various crimes. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act for improving the Administration of Justice in Criminal Cases. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 14 |
1831 |
This act repeals several laws in New Brunswick that have been repealed in London, and creates new regulations for the administration of criminal cases. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to authorize the payment of certain monies due by the Commissioners for the erection of the Gaol at Sherbrooke. (31st March, 1831.) |
1 William IV Chapter 14 |
1831 |
This Act authorizes certain sums to be paid to cover expenses incurred for the construction of a gaol in Sherbrooke, including sums borrowed from a Mistress Painter and the Montreal Bank. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive an Act, intituled An Act for regulating the Courts of Law established in the several Counties for the Trial of Causes to the Value of Forty Shillings. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 13 |
1831 |
This act continues the terms of a 1786 act regulating court cases to the value of 40 shillings until 1833. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to remove Doubts respecting the Competency of Citizens of the City of Saint John as Witnesses in Cases where the Corporation of that City is a Party. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 12 |
1831 |
This act specifies that any inhabitant of Saint John is deemed competant to be a witness in a case against the city government. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |