Legislation by Concept: Justice System
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to provide for the Master of the Rolls in the Court of Chancery. | 7 George IV – Chapter 30 | 1826 | This act issues a salary of 600 pounds per year to the Master of Rolls in the Court of Chancery. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act for establishing a Bridewell, or House of Correction, for the County of Halifax, and for providing a Police Office in the said Town, with proper Officers to attend the same. | 7 George IV – Chapter 26 | 1826 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1815, which established a bridewell in Halifax, a type of jail for offenders who commit petty crimes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act for the Summary Trial of Actions, and the Act in amendment thereof. | 7 George IV – Chapter 25 | 1826 | This is a continuation and amendment of an act passed in 1822, which specifies the minimum amount of debt which can be held by a creditor in order to pursue their debtor in court, and specifies the various fees which can be charged by various court officials for judicial action. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the expences of the Judges holding the Circuit Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer, in this Province, and of the Clerk in those Courts. Passed the 7th of March, 1826. | 7 George IV Chapter 18 | 1826 | This act allows for annual funding for the courts of oyer. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1826. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1826. |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act relating to the Court of Commissioners at Halifax.” | 7 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1826 | A continuation of an act passed in 1824, which pertains to the method by which the court of commissioners can be replaced in case of death, resignation or removal from office, fees which can be charged by said commissioners (with an included table of fees), and various other matters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Erection of a Gaol and Court House in the District of London, and to authorize the imposing an additional rate for that purpose. (Passed 30th January, 1826.) | 7 George IV Chapter 14 | 1826 | This act makes funds available, and appoints commissioners to supervise the building of a new court house and jail for the district of London. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish the District Town of the District of London in a more central position than at present, and to annex the townships of Walpole and Rainham to the County of Haldimand, in the District of Niagara. (Passed, 30th January, 1826.) | 7 George IV Chapter 13 | 1826 | This act modifies the place at which the district courts for the district of London will be held, and modifies the district of Rainham. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further amendment of the Laws in force, for the support and relief of Confined Debtors. Passed the 7th of March, 1826. | 7 George IV Chapter 13 | 1826 | This act gives justices new powers to examine confined debtors to determine if they can support themselves. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1826. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1826. |
| An Act to repeal part and extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the Fourth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, “An Act to make more Ample Provision for regulating the Police of the Town of Kingston.” (Passed 30th January, 1826.) | 7 George IV Chapter 12 | 1826 | This act is an amendment to an act passed in 1824 relating to the jurisdiction of the Kingston police force. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Continue and Amend an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for assigning Limits to the respective Gaols within this Province.” (Passed 30th January, 1826.) | 7 George IV Chapter 7 | 1826 | This act is a continuation of an act first passed in 1822, which allows for up to six acres of land to be made available to each jail in the province for the purpose of providing fresh air and exercise for confined debtors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize and empower the Magistrates of the County of Charlotte, to sell the County Gaol and Gaol Lot, in the Town of Saint Andrews, and to erect a more suitable Building in the said Town, in lieu thereof. Passed the 7th of March, 1826. | 7 George IV Chapter 7 | 1826 | This act allows for Charlotte County magistrates to sell the current court house and gaol property and use the money from the sale to erect a better county court house and jail. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1826. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1826. |
| An Act for further regulating Servants and Apprentices. Passed the 7th March 1826. | 7 George IV Chapter 5 | 1826 | This act allows for county justices to punish servants who have committed offenses against their masters. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1826. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1826. |
| An Act to dispense with the necessity of actually Pronouncing Sentence of Death in certain cases of Capital Convictions. (Passed 30th January, 1826.) | 7 George IV Chapter 3 | 1826 | This act makes capital punishment automatic when people are found guilty of capital crimes, unless someone should speak out with a reason for the court to have mercy on the individual. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money towards certain necessary work and repairs in the Common Gaol of the District of Quebec. | 6 George IV Chapter 30 | 1826 | Under this Act, it is made lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person administering the Government of the Province to provide a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred and seventy-three pounds, nine shillings and eight pence towards making repairs to the Common Gaol for the District of Quebec, in addition to funds necessary towards Hydraulic Works in the Gaol, and to convert an adjacent building into a prison and house of correction. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time an Act passed in the third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “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.” (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 26 | 1826 | An Act to continue an Act from 1823 that reorganized several townships from the districts of Montreal and Trois-Rivières into an Inferior District called the Inferior District of Saint Francis and established a Provincial Court there. This Act is to remain in force until 1829. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and continue for a limited time two certain Acts therein mentioned, relating to the Judicature in the Inferior District of Gaspe. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 25 | 1826 | An Act to amend and continue two Acts; “An Act to amend a certain Act therein-mentioned, and further to extend the Jurisdiction of the Provincial Court for the Interior District of Gaspé,” passed in 1824; and “An Act to extend the provisions of a certain Act therein-mentioned, as far as the same relates to the Judicature in the lnferior District of Gaspe, and more effectually to provide for the due administration of Justice in the said District,” passed in 1822. These Acts are to remain in force until 1830. The terms fixed by these former Acts are amended. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Ordinance made and passed in the twenty-fifth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance concerning Advocates, Attorneys, Solicitors and Notaries, and for the more easy collection of His Majesty’s Revenues.” (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 6 | 1826 | An Act to amend an ordinance from 1785, “An Ordinance concerning Advocates, Attorneys, Solicitors and Notaries, and for the more easy collection of His Majesty’s Revenues,” to make it so that any Barrister at Law, being a Clerk of the Crown, will not be prevented from practising as a Barrister or as an Attorney at Law in any civil suit. This Act is to remain in force until 1832. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for enabling Courts to abstain from pronouncing sentence of Death in certain Capital Felonies. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 5 | 1826 | Under this Act, the Courts are authorised, to abstain from pronouncing Judgment of Death in cases wherein convicted Offenders are found to be fit and proper subjects to be recommended for the Royal mercy. The circumstances by which the character of convicted offenders may be deemed as such are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the summary trial of certain small causes. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 2 | 1826 | An Act to allow the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government to appoint Commissioners to take cognizance of suits concerning the recovery of small debts within the Parishes, Seigneuries and Townships where they are appointed. The processes by which these suits should be pursued, including how summons can be made are outlined. Restrictions on where court may be held and directions for how expenses should be paid are described. This Act is to remain in force until 1829. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the operation in this Province of An Act of Parliament made in England, in the twenty-first year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King James the First, intituled, “An Act to prevent the Destroying and Murthering of Bastard Children, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof. (Passed 30th January, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 2 | 1826 | This act clarifies English laws concerning the murdering of bastard children, making a law specifically for Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |