Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to grant certain stuns therein mentioned to Her Majesty, towards defraying the expenditure of the Civil Government, for the year ending the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 50 | 1841 | An Act which pays for expenses not covered by Law for the running of Civil Government in former Upper and Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for certain expenses of the Legislature of this Province, and of the late Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 45 | 1841 | An Act to provide the salaries of Officers of the Legislature in the Province of Canada as well as the retirement allowances for Officers of the Legislature in former Upper and Lower Canada. The Act outlines the sums each position receives. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and to exempt the Members of Companies of Firemen, lawfully established, from serving as Jurors, and in the Militia, except in certain cases. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 43 | 1841 | An Act that repeals an Act from former Upper Canada in order to extend the contents to the rest of Canada. The Act also allows any fireman who is regularly enrolled in a company that is lawfully authorized and regulated to receive a certificate stating so. The certificate allows its holder exemption from Militia service in peacetime and jury duty. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act therein mentioned, and to provide for taking a periodical Census of the Inhabitants of this Province, and for obtaining the other statistical information therein mentioned. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 42 | 1841 | An Act to repeal parts of an Act from former Upper Canada related to the duties of Township Officers. It also states that a census of the Province of Canada will be taken in 1842 and every five years after. The Act outlines how the census will be delivered and the duties of the Assessors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to encourage the establishment of, and regulate Savings Banks in this Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 32 | 1841 | An act which protects savings banks and promoted their establishment in the province. This includes regulations of banks daily operations and what they must report to the government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impose a duty upon Distilleries in that part of the Province heretofore called Lower Canada. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 31 | 1841 | An Act which extends the duties charge to distilleries in former Upper Canada to Lower Canada. It requires those who have a still for producing spirits for sale to get a license from the Province and to pay a duty of no more than one shilling six pence per gallon that their still can contain. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for levying a certain rate or duty on Bank Notes, issued and in Circulation in this Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 29 | 1841 | An Act which states that every month banks, companies, persons or parties that are issuing money must submit a record of the amount issued tot he Receiver General. At that time they also must pay one cent per annum on the average amount of the notes and bills in circulation during the time of the statement. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain sums of Money for Public Improvements in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 28 | 1841 | An Act to get one million six hundred and fifty-nine thousand six hundred and eighty-two pounds for building or improving canals, roads, lighthouses, locks, and slide throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for consolidating and amending the Statutes in this Province relative to Offences against the person. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 27 | 1841 | An Act which consolidates and amends previous statues related to offenses against the person. This includes murder, accessory to murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, assault, abortion, buggery, rape, sexual abuse, and stopping someone from worshiping. It also includes a definition for a death or assault due to defense and what punishments each crime receives. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws in this Province relative to Malicious Injuries to Property. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 26 | 1841 | An Act which consolidates and amends previous acts related to arson, and damage to property and goods. This includes both private and public property. The Act outlines how cases are brought before the court, the punishments for specific crimes, and how the punishment is enacted. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws in this Province, relative to Larceny and other Offences connected therewith. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 25 | 1841 | An Act which outlines the punishments for cases of larceny, burglary, robbery, threats of robbery, extortion, and embezzlement. It also states how Justices of the Peace must report the convictions. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for improving the administration of Criminal Justice in this Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 24 | 1841 | An Act that outlines the Criminal Justice system in United Canada. Includes perimeters for allowing someone to have bail in the case of a felony and to provide better provisions for taking examinations, information, bailments and having a proper trial. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to make further provision for the establishment and maintenance of Common Schools throughout the Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 18 | 1841 | An Act to repeal past acts related to Common Schools and to create Common Schools for each township or parish in the Province. Also, a sum of fifty thousand pounds will be given from the Crown to manage the schools. The Act also outlines the jobs of the Superintendent and Boards of Education. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the fraudulent manufacture, importation, or circulation of Spurious Copper and Brass Coin. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 17 | 1841 | An Act to stop counterfeit coins from entering circulation. Limits the importation and manufacturing of copper or brass coins to government approved people. Their permission to do so is announced in the Official Gazette or Gazettes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to consolidate the Laws relating to the Provincial Duties to be levied on Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 14 | 1841 | An Act to repeal the Customs Laws of Lower Canada and put into place new Customs on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into the United Canadas. The importer is charged five pounds on items valued at 100 pounds and the act also details what items are exempted and how the money is paid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the translation into the French Language of the Laws of this Province, and for other purposes connected therewith. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 11 | 1841 | An Act to have all laws passed in the Legislature of the Province or the Imperial Legislature translated into French and distributed to the French speaking population. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to secure to, and confer upon, certain inhabitants of this Province, the civil and political rights of natural born British Subjects. 21th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 7 | 1841 | Act naturalizing all Aliens in United Canadas who resided in the province for seven years. They are entitled to all the rights and privileges of British Subjects once they said an Oath or Affirmation and were recorded in the Book of Registry. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to exempt from duty all copies of the Holy Scriptures, imported into this Province by Sea. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 6 | 1841 | An Act passing the petition of the Montreal Auxiliary Bible Society to exempt all Bibles and Testaments imported into former Lower Canada from duties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the Despatch of Business in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Upper Canada. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 5 | 1841 | Act which allows the Court of the Queen's Bench of Upper Canada to sit in Banc on Tuesday and Wednesday of the second week after the end of each term. They are to give judgement only and rules and orders in matters moved and argued in said court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the better internal Government of this Province, by the establishment of local or municipal authorities therein. | 4 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance establishes the districts as defined as Bodies Corporate and describes how District Councils consisting of Wardens and Councillors are to be elected for the governance thereof. The Ordinance also provides for the appointment of District Surveyors. | Early Canadiana Online |