Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to provide for the Summary Trial of Small Causes. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 17 | 1836 | This Act makes provision for the trial of small causes in the Province. The processes by which these courts are to function and expenses incurred by them defrayed are explained. This Act is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the qualification of the Justices of the Peace. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 16 | 1836 | This Act outlines how Justices of the Peace can be appointed and describes their duties, liabilities, and privileges. This Act is to remain in force until 1840. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making certain Regulations, respecting the Office of Sheriff. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 15 | 1836 | This Act formally defines the duties and liabilities of sheriffs and coroners in civil matters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further regulation of Taverns and Tavern-Keepers, and for other purposes therewith connected. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 14 | 1836 | This Act outlines how persons can obtain a licence to keep houses of Public Entertainment and sell spirituous liquors in the province, including that they must obtain a certificate from an official or officials as specified and enter into a Bond as directed. Penalties for those found to be selling liquor without a licence are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the second Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to create a Fund to defray the expence of providing Medical assistance for sick Emigrants, and of enabling indigent persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination.” (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 13 | 1836 | This Act extends the 1832 Act, “An Act to create a Fund for defraying the expence of providing Medical assistance for sick Emigrants, and of enabling indigent persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination;” which is to remain in force until 1838. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the establishment of Normal Schools. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 12 | 1836 | This Act outlines how Committees to oversee the management of Normal Schools in the Province's districts are to be formed, and describes their roles, privileges, and responsibilities. Standards for the qualifications of teachers, how the schools should be run, and instruction at the schools are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the building of a Custom House in the City of Montreal. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 11 | 1836 | This Act provides for the construction of a Customs House on the site of the Old Market in Montreal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain parts of an Ordinance therein mentioned, concerning persons to be admitted to practise the Law or to practise as Notaries in this Province. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 10 | 1836 | This Act repeals two quoted sections of the 1785 Ordinance “An Ordinance concerning Advocates, Attorneys, Solicitors and Notaries, and for the more easy collection of His Majesty’s Revenues,” and makes it that no one may practice law in the Province who did not first serve a regular clerkship. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent Debtors from wasting or diminishing the value of their immoveable property under seizure, to the injury of their Creditors. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 9 | 1836 | Under this Act, any debtor found to have damaged their property to be seized in order to deprive his creditor of what is due them is to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months. This Act is to remain in force until 1839. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appoint Commissioners to treat with Commissioners appointed, or to be appointed, on the part of the Province of Upper Canada, for the purposes therein mentioned. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 8 | 1836 | Under this Act, commissioners are to be appointed to consult with commissioners from Upper Canada on several matters including: collecting of duties on importations, the improvement of the navigation of the Rivers Saint Lawrence and Ottawa, and Roads of Communication between the two Provinces. The processes by which commissioners are to be appointed, their privileges, and duties are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |