Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for disqualifying and restraining, Charles Baptiste Bouc, from being elected, and from Sitting and Voting as a Member of the House of Assembly. (5th April, 1802.) | 42 George III Chapter 7 | 1802 | An Act to prevent the Charles Baptiste Bouc's election to the House of Assembly after he was found guilty of conspiracy. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further 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 federal Districts of this Province. (5th April, 1802.) | 42 George III Chapter 6 | 1802 | An Act to continue, amend, and set a new expiry date for an Act originally passed in 1799. The Act establishes that Keepers of Houses of Correction should be "fit and proper persons" and given a reasonable salary. It also stipulates where the funding for Houses of Correction will come from. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the encouragement of the Culture of Hemp in this Province. (5th. April 1802.) | 42 George III Chapter 5 | 1802 | An Act to allot a sum of no more than 1,200 pounds to assist inhabitants to enter into the Culture of Hemp. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying certain sums of money therein mentioned, to make good the like sums issued and advanced by His Majesty s Orders, in pursuance of two federal Addresses of the House of Assembly. 5th April, 1802. | 42 George III Chapter 4 | 1802 | An Act to repay a sum of money to the King's treasury. The Act describes multiple duties that were instituted to generate funds to repay the amount advanced to the House of Assembly in order to erect court houses in the districts of Montreal and Quebec and to purchase books. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person administering the Government of this Province for the time being, to extend the period by Law prescribed, for making the Returns of Members to serve in the Provincial Parliament, for the County of Gaspé. (5th April, 1802.) | 42 George III Chapter 3 | 1802 | An Act to extend the period of return allowed for Members of the Provincial Parliament in the County of Gaspé from fifty days to one hundred days. | 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 by Inland Navigation.” (5th. April, 1802.) | 42 George III Chapter 2 | 1802 | This Act continues an Act first passed in 1796, and which 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 continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the fortieth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to give further powers to the Executive Government to prevent the introduction or spreading of infectious or contagious Diseases in this Province.” (5th April, 1802.) | 42 George III Chapter 1 | 1802 | An Act to expire an act passed in 1800 unless it is deemed necessary to continue the Act, in which case this Act grants an extension and sets a new expiry for the Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Establishment of Free Schools and the Advancement of Learning in this Province. | 41 George III Chapter 17 | 1801 | This Act establishes the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, sets aside monies for the construction and maintenance of school houses, and lays out instructions for the appointment of school masters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for removing the old Walls and Fortifications that surround the City of Montreal, and otherwise to provide for the Salubrity, Convenience and Embellishment of the said City. | 41 George III Chapter 16 | 1801 | This Act sets out provisions for removing the walls and fortifications around Montreal, and outlines how the lands then occupied by the walls and fortifications will be sold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to declare the Decisory Oath or Servient Décisoire, admissible Commercial as well as other Civil Matters in this Province. | 41 George III Chapter 15 | 1801 | An Act to allow and admit the Decisory Oath in commercial matters and in civil matters in agreement with the laws and customs of Lower Canada's courts. | Early Canadiana Online |