Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial - Partial
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to facilitate the partition of Lands. Tenements and Hereditaments in certain cases in Lower Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 37 | 1847 | An act to help partition waste lands of the crown granted in common without partition in former Lower Canada. The grantees must petition the courts with their claim to the land. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law for the admission of Attornies and Calling of Barristers in Upper Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 29 | 1847 | An act to extend the "An Act to amend the Law for the admission of Barristers and Attornies, and to provide for the further relief of William Conway Keele" to those educated in Universities and Colleges in Upper Canada as well as in the United Kingdom. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Members of the Medical Profession in Lower Canada, and to regulate the Study and Practice of Physic and Surgery therein. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 26 | 1847 | An act to repeal all previous act related to the medical profession in Lower Canada and require all surgeons, doctors, and midwifes to have a license, and a certain level of education. It also establishes the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower Canada as a corporation. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the duties between Master and Servant, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 23 | 1847 | An act to regulate the relationship between master and servant or labourer in Upper Canada. This makes any agreement, written or verbal, a legal and binding agreement. It also outlines the rules and responsibilities for both parties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to remove all doubts as to the validity of certain Instruments and Documents executed before Notaries in Lower Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 22 | 1847 | An act to clarify that notaries in Lower Canada who followed the system from the former province of Quebec are still valid and binding. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the organization of the Notarial Profession in that part of this Province called Lower Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 21 | 1847 | An act to regulate notaries in Lower Canada. This includes required qualifications, rules and regulations in practice, and the establishment of three notary boards. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend, explain, and continue an Act passed in the Seventh year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled “An Act to prevent Obstructions in Rivers and Rivulets in Upper Canada.” 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 20 | 1847 | An act to amend a previous act called “An Act to prevent Obstructions in Rivers and Rivulets in Upper Canada.” This relates to regulating individuals or companies polluting waterways or impeding water flow. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for amending the Common School Act of Upper Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 19 | 1847 | An act to amend the Common School Act of Upper Canada for better establishment and maintenance of the Common School. Each town or city is now considered a corporation for the Common School and the police board has authority. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Provisions of the Marriage Act of Upper Canada to Ministers of all Denominations of Christians. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 18 | 1847 | An act that allows all minsters of the Christian faiths to solemnize marriages in Upper Canada. It stipulates that the ministers must take an oath and register with the registrar office. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to exempt the property of the Crown from Local Rates and Taxes in Lower Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 17 | 1847 | An act which exempts crown land, including roads and highways, from local rates and taxes in Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the ninth year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to consolidate and amend the Registry Laics of that part of this Province which was formerly Upper Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 16 | 1847 | An Act to fix a mistake in An Act to consolidate and amend the Registry Laics of that part of this Province which was formerly Upper Canada. In the 24th section, it states "mortagagor" instead of "mortagee." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law of Imprisonment for Debt, in Upper Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 15 | 1847 | An Act which amends the laws in Upper Canada related to imprisonment for debt. It details how a person can make bail and the provisions that they receive in prison. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Summoning of Juror in Lower Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 13 | 1847 | An act which outlines how jurors are summoned to Civil and Criminal Court. It includes all land owning men between the ages of 21 to 60 years of age. The act also states who is exempt from serving on a jury. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make better provision for the establishment of Municipal Authorities in Lower Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 7 | 1847 | An Act which outlines the removal of townships and parishes and the creation of County Municipalities in Lower Canada. This includes the structure of government, the electoral process, and also local governments at the village, town, or borough level. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to restore the rights of certain persons attainted for High Treason. | 9 Victoria – Chapter 106 | 1846 | An act reversing the forfeiture of property of any persons convicted of High Treason for their role in the 1837 Rebellion who have since been pardoned by Her Majesty the Queen. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to encourage the establishment of certain Societies commonly called Building Societies, in that part of the Province of Canada formerly constituting Upper Canada. 18th May, 1846. | 9 Victoria – Chapter 90 | 1846 | An act to allow the establishment of Building Societies in the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the payment of certain Rebellion Losses in Lower Canada, and to appropriate the proceeds of the Marriage License Fund. 9th June, 1846. | 9 Victoria – Chapter 65 | 1846 | An act to provide for the payment of losses caused by the Rebellion in Lower Canada, and to appropriate the proceeds of the Marriage Licence Fund to fund several public institutions. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the appropriation of the Revenues arising from the Jesuits’ Estates, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. 9th June, 1846. | 9 Victoria – Chapter 59 | 1846 | An act outlining the distribution of revenue from the Jesuits' Estates for education in Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for defraying the expenses of the Administration of Justice in Criminal matters in that part of the Province formerly Upper Canada. 9th June, 1846. | 9 Victoria – Chapter 58 | 1846 | An act laying out guidelines for the funding of the Justice System in Upper Canada, including details regarding the payment of officials in the system. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Ministers of the Associate Presbyterian Synod of North America to keep Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials performed by them, and for other purposes. 9th June, 1846. | 9 Victoria – Chapter 54 | 1846 | An act to empower the Ministers of the Associate Presbyterian Synod of North America to keep Registers of Baptism, Marriages and Burials performed by them in the part fo the province formerly known as Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |