An Act to repeal former acts deemed inadequate to prevent the desertion of seamen, landsmen, or apprentices and introduce new penalties for those found harbouring deserters, attempting to persuade men legally engaged in His Majesty's service to desert, and for those who desert. The Act outlines the process by which Justices should convict those found guilty.
An Act to amend a former Act from 1793, sets aside certain days of each year for the King's Bench Court to be holden exclusively to the Pleas of the Crown and two days of each year for Civil Pleas in the District of Trois-Rivières.
This act prevents plantiffs suing a Justice of the Peace for his rulings against them to collect more than two pence in damages, unless it can be proved that the Justice of the Peace acted with malicious intent against them.
An Act to continue the Act passed in 1803, without amendments, for a limited time. The Act allows individuals suspected of treason or treasonable activities to be detained without bail or a trial while this Act is in effect. This Act is to expire in 1808 or the at the close of the present war.
An Act to further continue an Act passed in 1799 and continued and amended 1802 "An Act to provide Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province.”
An Act to continue the act passed in 1803, without amendments, for a limited time. The Act allows individuals suspected of treason or treasonable activities to be detained without bail or a trial while this Act is in effect. This Act is to expire in 1807 or the at the close of the present war.