Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to amend an Act passed in the sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide for the summary Trial of certain Small Causes.” (7th March, 1827.) 7 George IV Chapter 9 1827 An Act to amend an Act passed in 1826, “An Act to provide for the summary Trial of certain Small Causes.” Under this Act, people selling liquor to be consumed off their premises (to be taken away) are allowed to act as Commissioners or Clerks for the trial of small causes as described in the 1826 Act. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to facilitate the proceedings at Law in certain cases therein-mentioned, relating to Writs of Capias and Attachment. (7th March, 1827.) 7 George IV Chapter 8 1827 An Act to allow a Writ of Capias ad Respondendum, or Attachment against the Body of any Defendant, good and sufficient in Law to compel the Defendant to appear in Court and answer to the demand of the Plaintiff, in cases as outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for affording relief, during a limited time, to Insolvent Debtors. (7th March, 1827.) 7 George IV Chapter 7 1827 Under this Act, debtors arrested under the Writs of Capias ad satisfaciendum are permitted to be at large (so long as they do not leave the limits) within the City, Town, Borough, or Village where they are situated. This Act is to remain in force until 1832. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for move effectually preventing trivial and vexatious Law-Suits, and for restricting the Costs thereupon. (7th March, 1827.) 7 George IV Chapter 6 1827 Under this Act, Plaintiffs are not to recover more costs of suit than damages when the Court or Jury finds the damages to be under forty shillings. This is meant to prevent vexatious suits. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to establish the manner of issuing Licences on which Duties are imposed by any Laws in force in this Province. (7th March, 1827.) 7 George IV Chapter 5 1827 Under this Act, all Licences with imposed duties to be granted by the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Person administering the Government of this Province, under any former Act in force Province, shall be issued under the Seal at Arms of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or Person administering the Government of the Province. The manner in which these licences are to be certified and signed are explained. Early Canadiana Online
An Act relating to the Wardens of the House of Industry in the City of Montreal. (7th March, 1827.) 7 George IV Chapter 4 1827 An Act to allow that four Wardens for the House of Industry in the City of Montreal are to annually retire and be replaced by equal number. The process by which these retirements should take place are explained. Early Canadiana Online
An Act more effectually to provide for the maintenance of good order in Churches, Chapels and other places of Public Worship, and for other purposes therein mentioned. (7th March, 1827.) 7 George IV Chapter 3 1827 An Act to repeal and replace former Acts from 1821 “An Act for the maintenance of good order in Churches, Chapels and other places used for Public Worship, and for repealing an Act therein mentioned,” and 1825, “An Act to continue for a limited time, and amend an Act passed in the first year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act for the maintenance of good order in Churches, Chapels and other places used for Public Worship, and for repealing an Act therein mentioned.’” This Act is to remain in force until 1830. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for removing doubts respecting the construction of a certain part of the Act of the thirty-fifth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, George the Third, chap. 4, intituled, “An Act to establish the form of Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, to confirm and make valid in law the Register of the Protestant Congregation of Christ-Church, Montreal, and others which may have been informally kept, and to afford the means of remedying omissions in former Registers,” as also for removing doubts about the validity of certain Marriages herein mentioned. (7th March, 1827.) 7 George IV Chapter 2 1827 An Act to clarify the intention of certain word choices within an Act passed in 1795, “An Act to establish the form of Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, to confirm and make valid in law the Register of the Protestant Congregation of Christ-Church, Montreal, and others which may have been informally kept, and to afford the means of remedying omissions in former Registers.” The Act also makes marriages performed by ministers within the Church of Scotland legal and valid under the law. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue, for a limited time, certain provisions of an Act therein mentioned, passed in the fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to render valid certain Acts, Agreements in writing and Contracts of Marriage, (Contrats de Manage sous Seing prive,) heretofore executed in the Inferior District of Gaspe, and to provide for the want of Notaries in the said Inferior District.” (7th March, 1827.) 7 George IV Chapter 1 1827 Under this Act, the provisions made under the tenth article of an Act passed in 1824 are to remain in force until 1827. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money therein mentioned for exploring the Tract of Country to the North of the River and Gulf of Saint Lawrence, commonly called the King’s Posts and the Lands adjacent thereto. 6 George IV Chapter 34 1826 An Act to provide a sum not exceeding five hundred ponds towards exploring the part of the province north of the River and Gulf of Saint Lawrence called the “King’s Post.” Directions for the person or persons employed pursuant to this Act are outlined. Early Canadiana Online