British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867

This Ordinance continues the 1838 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to authorize the apprehension and detention of persons charged with High Treason, Suspicion of High Treason, Misprision of High Treason, and Treasonable Practices, and to suspend for a limited time, as to such persons, a certain Ordinance therein mentioned, and for other purposes,” until 1840.