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 for granting another sum of money to finish the building of the Common Gaol for the District of Montreal. (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 16 | 1811 | An Act to provide an additional sum not exceeding six thousand six hundred pounds to finish building a common gaol in the District of Montreal, as the former Act passed in 1805 "An Act to provide for the erecting of a common Goal in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal respectively, and the means of defraying the expences thereof," was insufficient to cover the expenses. The Commissioners for the District of Montreal are required to report on the expenditure of these funds. The former 1805 Act is continued except as altered by this Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of insane persons and for the support of Foundlings and others therein mentioned. (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 15 | 1811 | An Act to provide support to people of "deranged Intellect," incapable of earning their subsistence, foundlings, sick and infirm persons, as well as the support of Religious communities that administer relief, as the most recent act for the purpose (passed 1808) was to expire. This Act grants a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred pounds per annum for the benefit of foundlings or the mentally infirm and dictates who will be responsible to administer this money. The Act also makes it lawful for Commissioners to bind out foundlings of a proper age as apprentices. The Act is to expire in 1813. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time and amend an Act passed in the forty eighth year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for the better regulation of the Lumber Trade.” (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 14 | 1811 | An Act to continue an Act originally passed in 1808 by the same name. The original Act placed regulations on the export of certain types of lumber and made it lawful for the governor to appoint Master Cullers and Measurers of boards and planks, staves, timber, and masts and spars at the ports of Montreal and Quebec. Expectations and duties for these positions and standards for lumber being exported were outlined. This Act amends certain measures within the original Act and is to expire in 1813. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue in force the several laws empowering the Justices of the Peace to make Rules and Regulations of Police within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and Town of Three Rivers, and also Rules and Regulations for the Government of Apprentices and others; and for extending Regulations of Police to other Towns and Villages in certain cases, and which amends one of the said Acts. (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 13 | 1811 | An Act to extend "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 Regulations of Police to other Towns and villages in certain cases; and for repealing the Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned,” passed in 1802 and continued in 1807. 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. The Act is to expire in May 1813. The Act repeals certain measures of the original Act. The Act also extends "“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,” originally passed in 1802. The original Act granted Justices of the Peace the authority to regulate apprentices, domestics, hired servants, journeymen, and their masters and mistresses. It outlined the permissible punishments for apprentices, domestics, hired servants, or journeymen who break the rules and regulations. This Act is continued until 1815. |
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| An Act to amend an Act passed in the forty fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the better Regulation of Pilots and Shipping in the Port of Quebec and in the Harbours of Quebec and Montreal; and for improving the Navigation of the River Saint Lawrence, and for establishing a Fund for decayed Pilots, their Widows and Children.” (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 12 | 1811 | An Act to amend a former Act passed in 1805, aspects of which had been found inadequate. The manner that funds for the Trinity House of Quebec were to be collected was amended. The Act makes it lawful for the Trinity House to arrest Branch Pilots condemned by Judgement to fines and penalties. The Act also allows the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Government to distribute pilot licenses to fill vacancies and sets new restrictions on the distribution of pilot licenses. Restrictions on the number of apprentices pilots may have are set. The rights of the Trinity House Corporation are clarified and extended, and penalties for tampering with navigational landmarks, buoys, and the like are set. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide temporary Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province. (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 11 | 1811 | An Act 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. A budget for each district's temporary gaol is set. The Act also replaces 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. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for preventing the forging and counterfeiting of foreign Bills of Exchange and of foreign Promissory Notes and Orders for the payment of Money. (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 10 | 1811 | This Act outlines the charges to be laid against anyone within Lower Canada found to forge, counterfeit, or knowingly obtain and distribute false currency. Those taken to be guilty are to be charged with a Misdemeanour and a Breach of the Peace and sentenced up to two years in prison, publicly whipped, or both at the first offence. If an individual should be charged a second time, they are to be found guilty of a felony and receive more severe sentences. The Act also implements measures to make it more difficult to procure the equipment necessary to forge currency. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act 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 regulation of the Militia of this Province, and for repealing certain Acts of Ordinances therein mentioned.” (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 9 | 1811 | An Act to continue, for a limited time, a former Act from 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. 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. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the forty fifth year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled: “An Act to ratify and confirm the provisional articles of agreement entered into by the respective Commissioners of this Province and of Upper Canada, at Montreal on the fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and four, relative to duties, and for carrying the same into effect; and also further to continue an Act passed in the thirty seventh year of his Majesty’s reign.” (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 8 | 1811 | An Act to continue, for a limited time, a former Act from 1805 several Acts pertaining to trade between Upper and Lower Canada. The former Acts are extended until 1814 to avoid the necessity of making a new appointment of Commissioners to negotiate trade and tariffs between the provinces. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further 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 preservation of His Majesty’s Government as by Law happily established in this Province.” (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 7 | 1811 | An Act to continue the Act passed in 1803 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. The Act is amended to provide that it shall not be construed to restrain the Provincial Parliament or imprison/detain any Member of either the House of Commons or House of Assembly without the House's consent. This Act and the Act it extends may be altered, amended or repealed at any time during the present Session of the Provincial Parliament, and is set to expire in 1812. | Early Canadiana Online |