Legislation by Concept: Justice System
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to extend the time for making the selection of Jurors, and preparing the Jurors’ Books in Upper Canada in the present year. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 112 | 1851 | This act gives towns, villages, and cities extra time to complete their yearly jurors' books in order to assure it is done properly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Upper Canada Municipal Corporations Act of one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, by adapting the same to the late change in the Upper Canada Assessment Laws, and for other purposes relating to the Municipal Corporations of that section of the Province. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 109 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an act passed in 1849, called "An Act to provide, by one general law, for the erection of Municipal Corporations, and the establishment of Regulations of Police, in and for the several Counties, Cities, Towns, Townships and Villages in Upper-Canada," which facilitates the creation of municipal corporations so that townships can in turn establish their own police forces. It defines what constitutes a township for the purposes of incorporation, the responsibilities of the municipal councils once they are established, matters which will be policed by the established village police force, and various other matters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of Justices of the Peace, out of Sessions, with respect to persons charged with Indictable Offences. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 96 | 1851 | This act consolidates past acts regarding the responsibilities and powers of Justices of the Peace in the province, clarifying their duties and powers under the law. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of Justices of the Peace, out of Sessions, with respect to Summary Convictions and Orders. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 95 | 1851 | This act consolidates and amends the powers and responsibilities held by justices of the peace in Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to increase the number of sittings of the Circuit Court at Richmond and Stanstead. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 91 | 1851 | This act increases the number of times the circuit courts at Richmond and Stanstead sit every year. The dates at which the respective courts will sit are specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render executory certain Judgments in Lower Canada, and to provide more effectually to enforce Judgments in cases of resistance. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 90 | 1851 | This act enforces judgments made by the provincial court of Lower Canada, which no longer exists. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act intituled, An Act to regulate the summoning of Jurors in Lower Canada. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 89 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an 1847 act which outlines how jurors are summoned to Civil and Criminal Court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act establishing the Court of Queen's Bench for Lower Canada. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 88 | 1851 | This is an amendment to a 1847 act called "An Act to establish a Court having jurisdiction in Appeals and Criminal Matters, for Lower-Canada," which establishes a court of appeals in Lower Canada, defining its jurisdiction, responsibilities, what cities in Lower Canada will have courts of appeal, and various other matters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to improve the Law of Evidence in Upper Canada. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 66 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1849 which prevents anyone offered as a witness in a trial from being excluded from offering testimony for any reason. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Upper Canada Jurors’ Act of one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and to make some further provisions for the better accomplishment of the object thereof. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 65 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an 1850 act which is a complete overhaul of laws respecting jurors and juries in Upper Canada, and covers numerous issues including jury rolls are to be maintained and organized and by whom, to qualifications that must be met by potential jurors, how jurors are to be selected from the rolls and who is responsible for selecting them, when a jury is necessary, and the responsibilities of a jury when one is appointed, among other things. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate all moneys accruing out of Tavern Licenses in the Counties which form the District of Kamouraska, and in the County of Ottawa, towards defraying the cost of the Court House and Gaol erected at Kamouraska, and the Court House and Gaol now being erected in Aylmer. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 63 | 1851 | This act redirects the funds raised from the fees paid by tavern keepers for their licenses to the construction costs of a new county court house. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws affording protection to Magistrates and others in the performance of public duties. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 54 | 1851 | This act standardizes various past acts relating to the responsibilities of Magistrates. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas and of Chancery in Upper Canada, to admit William Edwin Twynam, to practise as an Attorney and Solicitor therein. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 44 | 1851 | This act allows William Edwin Twynam to practice law in Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Canada Guarantee Company. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 36 | 1851 | This act incorporates the Canada Guarantee Company under the named individuals. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend a certain Act passed in the twelfth year or Her Majesty’s Reign, relating to Notaries. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 20 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an 1849 act concerning the requirements for those who wish to become notaries in Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the holding of a Second Term of the Superior Court annually in the District of Gaspé, and for the better administration of Justice therein. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 19 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an 1849 act which changed various laws relating to the administration of the courts of Gaspé, including the jurisdiction of its superior court, the time at which certain courts will be seated, and other measures. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act substituting Salaries for Fees, in certain cases, in Lower Canada. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 17 | 1851 | This act amends where the funds for the salaries of certain officers working for the courts of Lower Canada will be paid from. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the periods for holding certain Courts in the County of York. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 15 | 1851 | This act changes the annual date at which certain courts meet in the county of York. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the payment of Petit Jurors in Upper Canada. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 14 | 1851 | This act provides a fund from which jurors from certain courts can be paid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further amendment of the Administration of the Criminal Law. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 13 | 1851 | This act clarifies certain matters of criminal law in provincial courts. | Early Canadiana Online |