| An Act for establishing a Circuit Court in the County of Lunenburg, and District of Pictou, |
46 George III – Chapter 13 |
1805 |
This act amends the days on which the district courts of Lunenburg and Pictou sit, as well as the circuit courts at Windsor and Amherst. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate the Public Revenue. Passed the 5th of March, 1805. |
45 George III Chapter 21 |
1805 |
This act awards sums of money to various people for their service to the government. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1805. Saint John: John Ryan, 1805. |
| An Act to Continue sundry Acts of the General Assembly that are near expiring. Passed the 5th of March, 1805. |
45 George III Chapter 19 |
1805 |
This act extends several acts nearing expiration until 1810. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1805. Saint John: John Ryan, 1805. |
| An Act for applying a certain sum of money therein mentioned, to make good two several sums of money advanced by his Majesty’s orders to the Commissioners of the House of Correction for the District of Montreal, and for repairing the injury done to the common Gaol of the same District of Montreal, by Fire. (25th March, 1805.) |
45 George III Chapter 17 |
1805 |
An Act to repay the sum of money forwarded by His Majesty's Treasury in order to build Houses of Correction and to repair the Gaol of Montreal, which was damaged by fire. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the erecting of a common Gaol in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal, respectively, and the means for defraying the expences thereof. (25th March, 1805.) |
45 George III Chapter 13 |
1805 |
An Act for the construction of new common jails in the districts of Quebec and Montreal occasioned by the insufficient space in existing jails. The Act sets a budget for construction costs, and instructions for how the construction will be approached. The Act also requires that auctioneers within the province must be licensed and imposes new duties upon them. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Altering one of the Terms of Holding the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the County of Sunbury. Passed the 5th of March, 1805. |
45 George III Chapter 10 |
1805 |
This act changes the time when a Sunbury County court sits in session. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1805. Saint John: John Ryan, 1805. |
| An Act in Addition to an Act, intituled, "An Act for Regulating Juries and Declaring the Qualification of Jurors.” Passed the 5th of March, 1805. |
45 George III Chapter 9 |
1805 |
This act amends a 1786 act to clarify how much a juror is owed for his services. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1805. Saint John: John Ryan, 1805. |
| An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. Passed 2d March, 1805. |
45 George III– Chapter 7 |
1805 |
This act allows for the support of insolvent debtors. |
Acts related to Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1805. York: John Bennet, 1805. |
| An Act to alter certain parts of an Act, passed in the forty-second year of his Majesty;s reign, intituled, “An Act to provide for the administration of Justice, in the District of Newcastle.” Passed 2d March, 1805. |
45 George III – Chapter 5 |
1805 |
This act sets the place of the gaol and courthouse in the newly-created district of Newcastle. |
Acts related to Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1805. York: John Bennet, 1805. |
| An Act to Alter one of the Terms of Holding the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of York. Passed the 5th of March, 1805. |
45 George III Chapter 2 |
1805 |
This act changes the time when the inferior court of York County will be in session. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1805. Saint John: John Ryan, 1805. |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the Forty-third year of his Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the better preservation of his Majesty’s Government, as by Law happily established in this Province.” (25th March, 1805.) |
45 George III Chapter 1 |
1805 |
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. The Act outlines exceptions to this and sets a date upon which these terms will expire. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, made and passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors.” |
44 George III – Chapter 11 |
1804 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which outlined how creditors could collect on debts owing from insolvent persons and penalties for insolvent debtors. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the place of sitting of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and the Court of |
44 George III – Chapter 10 |
1804 |
This act changes the place at which the inferior court of common pleas sits for the district of Colchester to Truro. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act appropriating a certain sum of Money annually to defray the expences of erecting certain Public Buildings to and for the uses of this Province. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 9 |
1804 |
This Act states that, beginning this year and continuing until construction is complete, his Majesty the King be paid 400 pounds annually from the coffers of the Receiver General of Upper Canada, in order to erect buildings to house government offices and meeting rooms for such bodies as the Legislative Council, the Assembly, the Executive Council, and the Courts of Justice. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain sum of Money for the purposes therein mentioned. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 8 |
1804 |
This Act stipulates that his Majesty the King be paid 175 pounds out of the Provincial Treasury in order for the government of Upper Canada to "purchas[e] the Statute Laws of England" and apply them within its own jurisdiction. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act for the more easy administration of Oaths to Witnesses before the Grand Jury. (2d May, 1804.) |
44 George III Chapter 7 |
1804 |
An Act to make the Foreman of the Grand Jury empowered and required to administer oaths to witnesses. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of his Majesty's reign, intituled, “An Act to establish a Superior Court of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction, and to regulate the Court of Appeal,'' and to authorize his Majesty's Court of King's Bench in this Province, to regulate certain Fees, Costs and Charges therein mentioned. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 3 |
1804 |
This Act gave the Court of King's Bench the power to decide upon the fees permitted to various officers of the justice system, including Attorneys and Sheriffs. Previous legislation vesting this power elsewhere was deemed ill-suited to new circumstances in the province, and determined better to be replaced. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the forty third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the better preservation of His Majesty’s Government as, by Law, happily established in this Province.” (2d. May, 1804.) |
44 George III Chapter 2 |
1804 |
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. The Act outlines exceptions to this and sets a date upon which these terms will expire. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the exemplary Punishment of all and every person and persons who shall seduce, or attempt to seduce, or aid or assist, or attempt to aid or assist any Soldier to desert his Majesty's service, or who shall harbour, conceal, receive or assist any Deserter from such service. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 2 |
1804 |
This act describes the punishment(s) to befall civilians who encouraged or assisted a soldier to desert. Punishment was to consist of both imprisonment and fines. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act to continue and amend an Act, entitled, “An Act to revive, continue and amend, an Act, passed in the Thirty-second year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act to regulate the Summary trial of Actions, before His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax.’” |
43 George III – Chapter 13 |
1803 |
This act revives and amends an act first passed in 1792, which outlines the processes by which civil actions or suits should be tried in the county of Halifax and the rotation of justices to serve. |
Early Canadiana Online |