Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-first year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act to provide temporary Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province.” (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 9 (S1) | 1812 | An act to amend a former act from 1811 to provide temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières until permanent facilities can be established. The original act set a budget for each district's temporary gaol and replaced the sentences of "punishment by transportation," "burns in the hand," or "death without the benefit of Clergy," with sentences in the House of Correction at the discretion of the Judges or Justices. This act provides an annual allowance to the Committees appointed to superintend the Houses of Correction in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières for the purposes described in the 1811 act. This act is to expire in 1814. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to secure the liberty of the Subject, by extending the Powers of His Majesty’s Courts of Law, in this Province, as to writs of Habeas Corpus ad Subjiciendum, and as to the means of enforcing obedience to such writs. (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 8 (S1) | 1812 | An act to give Justices and Judges the power to give a Writ of Habeas Corpus ad subjiciendum to any person found to confine or restrain anyone for any reason other than a criminal or supposed criminal matter. These Judges and Justices include: the Chief Justices of the Province and Court of King's Bench in Montreal, any of the Justices of the courts of the Districts of Montreal, Quebec, and Trois-Rivières, and the Judge of the Provincial Court of Gaspé. The act outlines the penalties to be laid on anyone who refuses to appear before the courts once given the said Writ of Habeas Corpus, allowances for travel to the courts, and processes regarding the treatment of the confined party. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for limiting the time during which penal actions may be brought in the Courts of this Province. (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 7 (S1) | 1812 | An act to place time restraints on certain actions, suits, or informations wherein the forfeiture or benefits will be limited to the King, His Heirs or Successors only. The period allowed for cases to be brought to court is limited to two years in cases of forfeiture and one year for cases of benefit. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time An Act passed in the forty-eighth year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act to provide for the maintenance of good order on Sundays and Holydays in the Country Parishes of this Province.” (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 6 (S1) | 1812 | An act to continue an act passed in 1808 that made the Office of Church Warden responsible for maintaining good order in Churches and Chapels in Lower Canada. The original act stipulates the duties of "ancient" Church Wardens and Overseers and how they are to be replaced. Penalties for causing disturbances on Sundays and holidays are also outlined in the 1808 act. The act is set to expire in 1816. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue the Acts therein mentioned for making a temporary Provision for the Regulation of Trade between this Province and the United States of America, by land or inland Navigation. (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 5 (S1) | 1812 | An act to further continue an act from 1796, and amended in 1808 for a limited time. The act grants the Governor or Lieutenant Governor the authority to suspend, revive, annul, or make void this act, or every and any of its clauses. Th 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. The act is to expire in 1813. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, two several Acts therein mentioned, regulating the Fisheries in the inferior District of Gaspé. (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 4 (S1) | 1812 | An act continue an act originally passed in 1807 and amended in 1808, that allows British subjects to freely take bait, cut wood, and fish from any river, creek, harbour, or road within the certain parts of the District of Gaspé. The original act also grants commander of British and Irish vessels the right to occupy unoccupied beaches within the district in order to cure and prepare fish for export. The 1808 amendments establish that all casks, barrels, or tierces of fish must be inspected by the Inspector of Fish prior to export and implements further restrictions regarding how fish should be caught and exported. These acts are to continue in force until 1814. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act made in England, in the twenty first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King James the First, Chapter twenty seventh, intituled, “An Act to prevent the destroying and murthering of Bastard Children, as to this Province of Lower Canada,” and for making provisions for the Trials of Women charged with the murder of any issue of their Bodies, male or female, which being born alive, would, by Law, be Bastard: (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 3 (S1) | 1812 | An act to repeal the former act respecting the murder of bastard children, which had been found inconvenient to put into practice. This act dictates that women charged with murdering "any issue of their bodies" will be tried as any other murder would be handled. Women convicted of murdering their bastards in order to conceal their birth are to be sentenced a period of hard labour not exceeding two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act declaratory of the time at which the enrollment of the Militia shall take place during the present year. (19th May, 1812) | 52 George III Chapter 2 (S1) | 1812 | An act to clarify that men liable to serve in the militia during the present year is to present themselves for enrollment within ten days from the passing of this act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, and amend an Act passed in the forty-third year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province and to repeal certain Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned.” (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 1 (S1) | 1812 | An act to continue and amend a former act originally passed in 1803. The original act declares that all men between the ages of eighteen and sixty are to be militia men, bound to serve in their division's militia. This act amends the maximum age from sixty to fifty. The act also outlines who is to be excepted from this law, how order is to be maintained, and how these men are to be enrolled and trained. The act is to expire in 1814 or at the end of the war, should one be declared. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for erecting a Common Gaol with its dependencies in the District of Three-Rivers, and to provide the means for defraying the expences thereof. | 51 George III Chapter 17 | 1811 | An Act for the construction of a new common jail in the District of Trois-Rivières occasioned by the insufficient space in existing jails. The Act establishes the processes by which Commissioners, the Treasurer, and Clerk will be appointed and sets a budget for construction costs. Instructions for how the construction will be approached are outlined, including how workers will be contracted. The funds, not exceeding ten thousand pounds, are to be taken out of unappropriated funds collected under the 1805 Act "“An Act for erecting of a Common Gaol in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal respectively and the means for defraying the expences thereof." | Early Canadiana Online |