| An Act in addition to an Act, entitled “An Act for erecting a Court-House and Gaol in the County of Northumberland.” Passed the 11th of March, 1816. |
56 George III Chapter 14 |
1816 |
This act allows Northumberland County Justices to raise more money to complete a county court house and jail. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1816. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1816. |
| An Act to give two additional Terms in each year for the sittings of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the County of Northumberland. Passed the 7th of March, 1816. |
56 George III Chapter 8 |
1816 |
This act allows for more sitting terms for a Northumberland County Inferior Court. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1816. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1816. |
| An Act in addition to the Act for punishing Criminal Offenders. |
56 George III – Chapter 6 |
1816 |
This act makes it lawful for criminal offenders to be sentenced to hard labour and outlines certain restrictions on the types and duration of labour assigned. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Court of Requests. Passed 22d March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 5 |
1816 |
This act allows residents of the province to claim debts smaller than five pounds through the Court of Requests, so long as those debts were not incurred at a venue which sells spirits or through gambling. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Punishment of Horse-stealing. Passed the 7th of March, 1816. |
56 George III Chapter 5 |
1816 |
This act gives punishment for stealing a horse the same weight as stealing goods of equal value. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1816. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1816. |
| An Act to alter and extend the times of holding the Supreme Court in the several Counties and Districts of this Province. |
56 George III – Chapter 2 |
1816 |
This Act sets out the times that the Supreme Court will sit in the province’s districts and counties as well as some regulations relating to proceedings held therein and the role of assistant or associate justices. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of an Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the Thirty-Eighth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled “An Act for the better division of this Province” and more effectually to provide for the administration of Justice, by constituting the Counties of Prescott and Russell under certain modifications a separate District. Passed 22d of March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 2 |
1816 |
This act creates a new district, the district of Ottawa, to be created out of two priorly existing districts, Prescott and Russell. It allows for the appointing of Justices of the Peace, the building of a court house and jail, defines when the court of the Quarter Sessions will be held, and states provisions for the appointment of a district sheriff, who will be subordinate to the sheriff of the Eastern District. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the time of holding the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, in the London and Johnstown Districts of this Province. Passed 22d March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 1 |
1816 |
This act repeals and replaces an act from 1801, and states when the courts of the Quarter Sessions can be held in the districts of London and Johnstown. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to increase the number of Constables m the City of Saint John. Passed the 7th of March, 1816. |
56 George III Chapter 1 |
1816 |
This act allows for the city of Saint John to appoint more constables, and sets the terms under which said constables could be dismissed |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1816. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1816. |
| An Act to provide for the holding of the Provincial Court of Appeals during the repairs to be done to the Court House at Quebec. (25th March, 1815.) |
55 George III Chapter 18 |
1815 |
Under this Act, the Provincial Court of Appeals will be holden and kept where the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Government shall appoint within the City of Quebec. The Act stipulates that the Clerk of the Provincial Court of Appeals is responsible for notifying the public where it will be holden. This Act is to expire in 1816. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of, and to amend an act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the forty first year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “an act to remove doubts with respect to the authority under which the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and other Courts, have been erected and holden, and other matters relative to the Adminstration of Justice, done in the several Districts of this Province, and also to fix the time of holding the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the same,” and to make further provision for, the same. Passed the 14th March, 1815. |
55 George III – Chapter 16 |
1815 |
This Act repeals previous acts concerning the administration of justice, implementing new provisions for the erection of courts and goals. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act for Establishing a Bridewell, or House of Correction, for the County of Halifax, and for the better and more effectual administration of the Office of a Justice of the Peace in the Township of Halifax, and for providing a Police Office in the said Town, with proper officers to attend the same. |
55 George III – Chapter 9 |
1815 |
This act establishes a bridewell in Halifax, a type of jail for offenders who commit petty crimes. The act specifies the regulations to be followed by justices who would commit offenders to the said bridewell, the type of offenders to be sent there, the sums of money to be appropriated for its construction and maintenance, and various other matters relating to the running of such an institution. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate several sums of money therein mentioned, for repairing, improving and enclosing the Court House in the City of Quebec. (25th March, 1815.) |
55 George III Chapter 9 |
1815 |
An act to apply a sum not exceeding two thousand six hundred pounds towards repairing the Court House in the City of Quebec,a sum not exceed two thousand six hundred pounds towards adding a third storey to the structure, and a sum of one thousand five hundred pounds to enclose the premises. The processes by which Commissioners, a Treasurer, and Clerk are to be appointed for these purposes and their duties are outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an act, intituled, “an act to remove doubts with respect to the authority under which the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and other Courts, have been erected and holden, and other matters relative to the Administration of Justice, done in the several Districts of this Province, and also to fix the time of holding the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the same.” Passed the 14th March, 1815. |
55 George III – Chapter 9 |
1815 |
This Act creates new provisions reminiscent of an act concerning to the administration of justice. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act to provide for the rebuilding and repair certain Gaols and Court Houses in this Province. Passed the 14th March, 1815.
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55 George III – Chapter 8 |
1815 |
This Act provides funds and management for the construction and maintenance of buildings in the legal system. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in Forty-second Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to empower the Justices of the Peace, to make for a limited time, Rules and Regulations for the Government of Apprentices and others.” (25th March, 1815.) |
55 George III Chapter 4 |
1815 |
An act to extend “An Act to empower the Justices of the peace to make for a limited time Rules and Regulations for the Government of Apprentices and others,” originally passed in 1802 and extended in 1811. The original act granted Justices of the Peace the authority to regulate apprentices, domestics, hired servants, journeymen, and their masters and mistresses. It outlined the permissible punishments for apprentices, domestics, hired servants, or journeymen who break the rules and regulations. This act is continued until 1817. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting a Compensation to Thomas Merritt, Esquire, Sheriff of the District of Niagara, for Certain Extraordinary Services performed by him. Passed the 14th March, 1815. |
55 George III – Chapter 4 |
1815 |
This Act grants funds to Thomas Merritt, Sheriff, for his service he has performed. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act to afford relief to Barristers and Attornies, and to provide for the admission of Law Students within this Province, under other purposes therein mentioned. Passed the 14th March, 1815. |
55 George III – Chapter 3 |
1815 |
This Act provides funds and conduct for lawyers working within the legal system. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the fifty-fourth year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled “an Act to supply in certain cases the want of County Courts in this Province, and to make further provision for proceeding to outlawry in certain cases therein mentioned.” Passed the 14th March, 1815. |
55 George III – Chapter 2 |
1815 |
This Act repeals parts of an act concerned with the establishments of county courts, including new forms for the handling of criminal justice by counties. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act to alter the time of the Sitting of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and General Sessions of the Peace, for the County of Cumberland. |
54 George III – Chapter 20 |
1814 |
This act changes the time at which the inferior court of common pleas for Cumberland county is held, to the second Tuesday of April. |
Early Canadiana Online |