Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to regulate the Provincial Post Houses, and to repeal certain Acts and Ordinances therein mentioned. (16th April, 1807.) | 47 George III Chapter 5 | 1807 | An Act to repeal several former acts regarding Maitres de Poste and implement new regulations for the Provincial Post Houses. The Act makes provision for the establishment and maintenance of Post Houses within Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, An Act passed in the forty second year of His Majesty's reign, intituled, “An Act to empower the Justices of the Peace to make, for a limited time, rules and regulations for the government of Apprentices and others.” (16th April, 1807.) | 47 George III Chapter 4 | 1807 | An Act to continue an Act originally passed in 1802 for a limited time. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, An Act passed in the forty-second year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act to provide for the more effectual regulation of the Police within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and Town of Three-Rivers; also, for extending regulation of Police to other Towns and Villages in certain cases, and for repealing the Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned.” (16th April, 1807.) | 47 George III Chapter 3 | 1807 | An Act to continue an Act from 1802 until 1811. The former Act outlined the rules police in localities throughout the province must abide by, including that laws must be announced before they are enforced and that financial penalties cannot exceed five pounds, except in the circumstances described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act further to continue, for a limited time, An Act passed in the forty-third year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for the better preservation of His Majesty’s Government as by Law happily established in this Province.” (16th April, 1807.) | 47 George III Chapter 2 | 1807 | An Act to continue the Act passed in 1803, without amendments, for a limited time. The Act allows individuals suspected of treason or treasonable activities to be detained without bail or a trial while this Act is in effect. This Act is to expire in 1808 or the at the close of the present war. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time An Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for making a temporary provision for the regulation of trade between this Province and the United-States of America by land or inland navigation." (16th April, 1807.) | 47 George III Chapter 1 | 1807 | An Act to continue an Act originally passed in 1796 into 1808.The Act allows the suspension of any act or ordinance relating to trade, in whole or in part, by the Governor or Lieutenant Governor. It further allows the Governor or Lieutenant Governor to make regulations with respect to imports, exports, duties, or anything else between Lower Canada and the United States. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for an omission respecting the Common of the Town or Borough of Three Rivers. (19th April, 1806.) | 46 George III Chapter 7 | 1806 | An Act detailing the process by which a Chairman and four Trustees of the Commons in Trois-Rivières [Three Rivers within the text] may be appointed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the thirty ninth year of his Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province,” and also, an Act passed in the forty second year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the thirty ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province.” (19th April, 1806.) | 46 George III Chapter 6 | 1806 | An Act to further continue an Act passed in 1799 and continued and amended 1802 "An Act to provide Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the forty third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for establishing regulations respecting Aliens and certain Subjects of His Majesty who have resided in France, coming into this Province or residing therein.” (19th April, 1806.) | 46 George III Chapter 5 | 1806 | An Act to continue an Act passed in 1803, for a limited time, to monitor the entrance of "foreigners" into the province by ship. The act requires that ship commanders report the number of "foreigners" on board their vessel to Customs officials when they arrive at ports within the province. The Act grants authority to Justices of the Peace to jail and remove "Aliens" who remain within the province longer than the period allowed by the court. Penalties including fines are outlined as well as who is to be considered an "Alien." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Ordinance made and passed in the twenty fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to prevent the exportation of unmerchantable Flour and the false taring of Bread and Flour Casks,” to regulate the packing and inspection of Four and Indian Meal, and to provide for ascertaining the quality of Biscuit in future. (19th April, 1806.) | 46 George III Chapter 4 | 1806 | An Act to repeal a former ordinance regarding the exportation of flour and taring of bread and flour casks and to improve regulation of wheat, flour, Indian Meal [corn meal], and biscuits. The Act requires flour, wheat, and meal manufacturers to brand their casks, designate the quality of their product, and the appointment of inspectors at Trois-Rivières, Montreal, and Quebec. Under this Act, biscuits must be manufactured with wheat flour-- no "foreign mixtures" may be used. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying a further sum of one thousand Pounds, out of any unappropriated monies in the hands of His Majesty’s Receiver General, towards the improvement of the inland navigation of this Province, between Montreal and Lake St. Francis. (19th April, 1806.) | 46 George III Chapter 3 | 1806 | An Act to allocate further funds towards clearing the rapids from, and improvement of, the Saint Lawrence River between la Chine [Lachine] and Montreal as well as the channel between Montreal and Lake Saint Francis. | Early Canadiana Online |