This act amends the time and frequency of the court of common pleas of King's county. It also details the method and frequency for choosing town officers.
This act allows for the expansion of several district correction houses due to want of space. It also specifies the number of vagabonds, disorderly persons, and other minor criminals to be held in each district correction house at once, in preference for those who are convicted of more serious charges. Capital crimes are defined, as well as the treatment of prisoners who have been convicted of a capital crime, what crimes shall result in hard labour, and other various matters regarding prisoners in district criminal houses.
This act renews an act first passed in 1797, which defines the terms under which certain persons can seek justice under Habeas Corpus. It is renewed without modification.
This act requires plaintiffs to issue an affidavit in order to arrest a defendant intending to leave the province. This law was reserved for Royal Assent, which it received in January 1800.
This act continues a prior piece of legislation that prevents anyone owing allegiance to a country or state at war with Britain within the last seven years from residing in Upper Canada.
Cet acte permet l'expansion des instituts de correction qui n'ont pas assez d'espace pour les criminels qui y sont présentement enfermés. L'acte place aussi une limite sur le nombre de malfaiteurs, vagabonds, et autres prisonniers chargés avec un crime mineur qui peuvent être emprisonnés par institut pour laisser la place pour les prisonnier coupable de crimes plus sérieux. Les crimes capitaux sont définis, ainsi que le traitement des prisonniers qui sont trouvés coupables d'un crime capital, quels crimes seront condamnés au labeur, et autres questions concernant les prisonniers des instituts criminels.
Cet acte est un renouvèlement d'un acte passé en 1797, qui détermine les termes sous lesquels un prisonnier peut demander la justice sous Habeas Corpus. L'acte est renouvelé sans modification.
Cet acte continue un acte de l'année 1797, qui dénote les termes sous lesquels un prisonnier peut demander la justice sous Habeas Corpus, dépendant des crimes pour lesquels il est emprisonné, et la durée de son emprisonnement.
This act makes it lawful for felons from other British North American provinces to be apprehended in Upper Canada and transmitted back to the province in which their offences were committed.
This act establishes the Law Society of Upper Canada to "secure to the province and the profession a learned and honourable body ... and to support and maintain the constitution of the said province."