This act repeals exisiting laws regarding tresspass and creates new regulations for fines regarding animal tresspass and regulations or fences and other property dividers.
This Act extends the previous Act, whose name is mentioned in this Act's title, for another eight years plus the time to the conclusion of the following sitting of the Legislature.
This Act stipulates that only sheriffs and their employees will qualify for reimbursement for travel or other expenses incurred in providing legal service in situations where such is requested in stead of the services of a less qualified official more locally.
An Act to grant a further sum of two thousand one hundred pounds towards completing Common Gaol and Court Hall's construction at New-Carlisle, in the Inferior District of Gaspé.
An Act to grant an additional sum not exceeding three thousand four hundred and one pounds, eight shillings and three pence to the purpose of completing the Court House for the District of Trois-Rivières.
An Act to further continue a former Act from 1817, amended in 1818, and continued in 1819 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 1823.
An Act to repeal certain articles from an Act from 1793 that divided Lower Canada into three districts and established a court of King's Bench in each. This Act repeals and replaces the terms by which any Writ of Habeas shall be made returnable. Under this Act, the powers and authority granted to Chief Justices under the original Act may also be excercied by Puisné Justices and Provincial Judges.
An Act to continue a former act by the same name passed in 1817 and continued in 1821. 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 1823.
An Act outlining 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. The Act describes how summons shall be served, several stipulations on where court can be held, and the duties of commissioners who are to be appointed by this Act. Forms of summons, warrant of execution, and subpoena are included.
This act applies the laws of Nova Scotia to Cape Breton now that the island has been re-integrated into the province of Nova Scotia. Two courts are established, one in Sydney and the other at Arichat, and regulations surrounding how the courts will operate are established by the act.