Legislation by Concept: Justice System, Financial Regulation
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act in amendment of an Act, for relief against absconding Debtors. Passed the 27th March, 1823. | 4 George IV Chapter 14 | 1823 | This act amends an 1786 act concerning debtors, allowing for inferior judges to administer oaths on the trustees of such persons. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1823. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1823. |
| An Act in further amendment of the Laws now in force for the support and relief of confined Debtors, and for the further relief of Debtors with respect to the imprisonment of their Persons. Passed the 27th March, 1823. | 4 George IV Chapter 10 | 1823 | This act allows local justices to hire workmen to build inclosed spaces to house those imprisoned for failing to pay their debts. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1823. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1823. |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 8 | 1823 | This is a continuation 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 providing for the Publication of Reports of the decisions of His Majesty’s Court of King’s Bench in this Province. Passed 19th March, 1823. | 4 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1823 | This Act provides funds for the publishing of court records, as well as the rules for printing. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1823. York: Charles Fothergill, 1823. |
| An Act to provide for the Establishment of Courts in the District of Bathurst, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 29th January, 1823. | 4 George IV – Chapter 2 | 1823 | This Act provides funds, management, and conduct for the establishment of a court system in Bathurst. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1823. York: Charles Fothergill, 1823. |
| An Act to extend certain provisions contained in an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, “An Act to provide Temporary Houses of Correction in the several District of this Province.” (22d. March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 32 | 1823 | An Act to extend provisions for cities of Quebec and Montreal outlined in an Act from 1817 "An Act to provide Temporary Houses of Correction in the several District of this Province" to the town of Trois-Rivières. Under this Act, that it is made lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government of this Province for the time being, to appropriate for the purposes of a House of Correction such part or parts of the new common gaol in Trois-Rivières as may be vacant and might be conveniently appropriated to that purpose. This Act is to expire in 1825. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money therein mentioned for the Gaol, at Three-Rivers. (22d. March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 31 | 1823 | An Act to apply a sum not exceeding four hundred pounds to reimburse the money expended to purchase the lot of ground upon which the Gaol for the District of Trois-Rivières is built, and a sum not exceeding nineteen hundred and forty-three pounds to the building's contractor and works, as named in the Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue for a limited time two certain Acts therein-mentioned, relating to Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province. (22d. March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 27 | 1823 | An Act to further continue a former Act from 1817, amended in 1818, and continued in 1819 and 1821 that provided temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières. The 1818 Act revised the budget for each district's temporary gaol and provides an annual allowance to the Committees appointed to superintend the Houses of Correction in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières for the purposes described. By the 1817 Act committees are required to give an annual report of their expenses and processes by which the committees are to be appointed and proceed were also outlined. The act is to expire in 1825. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of two Acts therein-mentioned, for the Summary Trial of Small Causes to the Magdalen Islands and other Settlements not comprehended in the purviews of the said Acts. (22d. March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 22 | 1823 | An Act to apply an Act passed in 1821, "An Act for the Summary Trial of certain Small Causes in the Country Parishes in this Province," that was amended in 1822 to the Magdalen Islands [Iles de la Madeleine] and other settlements not comprised within any Parish, Seigneurie, or Township in the province. This Act is to expire in 1825. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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. (22d. March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 17 | 1823 | An Act to reorganize several townships from the districts of Montreal and Trois-Rivières into an Inferior District called the Inferior District of Saint Francis, due to an increase in population in the province making the Justice system as established insufficient to meet the needs of these communities. Provisions for the establishment of a Provincial Court in the Inferior District of Saint Francis and this court's functions with reference to the courts in Trois-Rivières and Montreal are outlined. This Act is to expire in 1826. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the powers of the Justices of the Peace, in certain cases specified in the fifteenth Session of an Act of the Legislature of this Province of the thirty-fifth year of the Reign of His Majesty George the Third, Chapter eight. (22d. March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 12 | 1823 | An Act to extend the Justices of the Peace's powers and authorities from those outlined fiftieth section of an Act passed in 1795, "An Act for granting to His Majesty duties on Licences to Hawkers, Pedlars and Petty Chapmen and for regulating their trade; and for granting additional duties on Licences to persons for keeping Houses of Public Entertainment or for retailing Wine, Brandy, Rum, or other Spirituous Liquors in this Province; and for regulating the same, and for repealing the Act or Ordinance therein-mentioned." Under this Act, any two Justices of the Peace residing in the County where an offence occurs, whereas the former Act restricted this authority to Justices of the Peace at the weekly sittings. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a Sum of Money therein-mentioned for the Erection of Stepping Mills in the Houses of Correction for the Districts of Quebec and Montreal. (22d March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 10 | 1823 | An Act to provide a sum not exceeding six hundred pounds to each of the Houses of Correction in the districts of Quebec and Montreal for the erection of stepping mills. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, George the Third, intituled, “An Act for the division of the Province of Lower-Canada, to amend the Judicature thereof and to repeal certain Laws therein-mentioned, inasmuch as the same relates to the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction.” (22d. March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 9 | 1823 | An Act to amend an Act from 1793 that divided Lower Canada into three districts and established a court of King's Bench in each. This Act furthers the powers and authority granted to Puisné Justices and increases the number terms for the King's Bench in the District of Montreal. This Act is to expire in 1825. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue for a limited time an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty, George the Third, intituled, “An Act to facilitate the Administration of Justice in certain Small Matters therein-mentioned, in the Country Parishes.” (22d March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 2 | 1823 | An Act to continue a former act by the same name passed in 1817 and continued in 1821 and 1823. The 1817 Act granted the authority for Justices of the Peace to administer cases in country parishes pertaining to fences or ditches on property lines and damage to livestock. Processes by which these cases are to be heard were outlined in this former Act. This Act is set to expire in 1825. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, two certain Acts therein mentioned, relating to the Trial of Small Causes in the Country Parishes of this Province. (22d March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 1 | 1823 | An Act continue an Act passed in 1821 and the Act that continued and amended it in 1822, “An Act to amend an Act passed in the first year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act for the Summary Trial of certain Small Causes in the Country Parishes of this Province.’” The original Act outlined how trials concerning the recovery of certain debts are to run in the province's counties and parishes, (excepting the Counties of Quebec and Montreal, and the Town and Parish of Trois-Rivières). This 1822 Act amended stipulations pertaining to summonses, Clerk's duties, and declares that no more than one Court shall be held in any Parish, Township, or Seigneurie. This Act is to expire in 1825. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive, continue, alter and amend, an Act, made and passed in the fifty-seventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions.” | 3 George IV – Chapter 35 | 1822 | A continuation and amendment to an act passed in 1817 which outlines how a court of five people is to be appointed and operate for the purpose of trying cases in a summary way. | LLMC Digital Law Library |
| An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, passed in the fiftieth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled, “An Act to alter and extend the Times of holding the Supreme Court, in several of the Counties and Districts in this Province;” and for declaring the qualification of Persons hereafter to be appointed Justices of the said Court, their number and salaries. | 3 George IV – Chapter 33 | 1822 | An amendment to an act passed in 1809, which extends the original act to apply to Cape Breton Island. | LLMC Digital Law Library |
| An Act to authorise the Sale of the Old Court-House and Jail, and the Lot of Land on which the same stand, at Guysborough, in the County of Sydney. | 3 George IV – Chapter 31 | 1822 | This act authorizes the named individuals to undertake the sale of the courthouse and jail of Guysborough county, which have been replaced by new buildings. | LLMC Digital Law Library |
| An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions. | 3 George IV – Chapter 30 | 1822 | This act specifies the minimum amount of debt which can be held by a creditor in order to pursue their debtor in court. The act also specifies the various fees which can be charged by various court officials for judicial action. | LLMC Digital Law Library |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled “An Act for the organization and regulation of the Militia of this Province.” Passed the 21st March, 1822. | 3 George IV Chapter 23 | 1822 | This act alters previous militia legislation. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1822. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1822. |