This Act repeals an Ordinance as it required Writs of Attachment for Defendants believed to intend to defraud their creditors in a sum exceeding ten pounds, to be endorsed.
This Act continues an Act passed in 1829, “An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissairee Enqueteurs for the District of Montreal, and other purposes relating to the Administration of Justice in the said District,” which shall remain in force until 1831.
This Act repeals certain parts of “An Act for the division of the Province of Lower Canada, for amending the Judicature thereof, and for repealing certain Laws therein mentioned,” as pertains to the Provincial Judge in the district of Trois-Rivières’s appointment and duties. Under this Act, the powers, jurisdiction, authority, duty, rank and pre-eminence of the said Provincial Judge shall be vested in one of the Justices of the Court of King’s Bench for the District of Three Rivers, who is to be called the resident Judge of the District of Three Rivers.
This Act applies a sum of five hundred and fifty pounds towards reimburse a sum advanced for repairs to the Court House in the City of Quebec and to continue the repairs.
This Act repeals and replaces certain parts of an Act passed in 1793, “An Act for the Division of the Province of Lower Canada, for amending the Judicature thereof, and for repealing certain Laws therein mentioned,” as pertains to the boundaries of the districts of Montreal, Quebec, and Trois-Rivières.
This Act amends an Act passed in 1793, “An Act for the division of the Province of Lower Canada for amending the Judicature thereof and for repealing certain Laws therein mentioned.” Under this Act, any two of the Puisné Justices of the Court of King’s Bench in either of the Districts of Quebec or Montreal are allowed to take cognizance of crimes and criminal offences as if a Chief Justice were present. This Act is to remain in force until 1833.
This Act continues and extends the provisions of the 1823 Act, “ An Act to erect certain Townships therein-mentioned into an Inferior District, to be called the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and to establish Courts of Judicature therein.” This Act outlines several reasons for establishing a Court of King’s Bench a Sherbrooke, and how this is to be undertaken. This Act is to remain in force until 1831.
This Act reforms how Justices of the Peace are to be appointed with the intention of ensuring only the most qualified persons in the province shall hold that position. This Act specifies land, tenement, or real property requirements for persons appointed as Justices of the Peace. This Act is to remain in force until 1835.
This act changes the times at which the court of general quarter sessions of the peace will be held for the district of Ottawa to the third Tuesday of the months of January, April, June, and September.
This Act continues the 1823 Act, “An Act to erect certain Townships therein-mentioned into an Inferior District to be called the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and to establish Courts of Judicature therein.” This Act is to remain in force until 1830.
An Act to revive the 1824 Act “An Act to authorize the sale and disposal of certain Goods unclaimed and remaining in the possession of the Clerks of the Peace in this Province,” that expired in 1827. This Act is to remain in force until 1832.
This Act makes it lawful for the Court to proceed in cases in which debtors have concealed themselves in order to elude the ordinary process of law. The processes and terms under which these suits are to proceed are outlined.
This Act allows for the arrest of debtors under the due course of law, to await trial and judgement, in order to prevent debtors from leaving the jurisdiction of the Courts before their trial. Several forms are attached to the Act. This Act is to remain in force until 1832.
This Act defines and describes the punishment for persons found to fraudulently sell land or other property. This Act is to remain in force until 1832.