Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to amend the Charter of the University of King's College. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 16 | 1837 | This act amends the University of King's College act, with amendments pertaining to the number of professors, the right of the college to maintain and hold land, its incorporation, the structure of its governing body, the college council, and terms of admission. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law for the Admission of Barristers and Attornies, and to provide for the further Relief of William Conway Keele. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 15 | 1837 | This act specifies the necessary steps to be taken by legal practitioners from Great Britain and Ireland before practicing in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to supply, by a General Law, certain forms of Enactment in common use, which may render it unnecessary to repeat the same in Acts to be hereafter passed. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 14 | 1837 | This act defines how to implement certain statutes, and defines certain terms, in order to prevent redundancy within provincial acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to protect the Public against Injury from Private Banks. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 13 | 1837 | In order to protect the public from bank notes being issues by banks who are not solvent, this act makes it illegal for banks to issue bank notes or currency of any sort, including mortgages, without being first certified by the legislature. Anybody found guilty of violating this act will be guilty of a misdemeanour. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law relating to the Court of Requests. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 12 | 1837 | This act amends a prior act passed in 1833 which created the Courts of Requests for claims not exceeding ten pounds. The amendments pertain mostly to the costs of suits before the said court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appoint the time and place for holding the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in each of the several Districts of this Province, and to repeal the several Laws now in force for that purpose. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 11 | 1837 | This act repeals all prior acts concerning the time at which the court of Quarter Sessions will be held in each district and sets new time for the holding of said courts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more convenient Recovery of Estreats. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 10 | 1837 | This act specifies various measures to facilitate the collection of fines, issues, amerciaments and sums. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive, continue and, amend, an Act passed in the Third year of His present Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to facilitate legal Remedies against Corporations.” Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 9 | 1837 | This act renews an act first passed in 1833, which makes provision for undertaking legal proceedings involving corporate bodies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make the remedy in cases of Seduction more effectual, and to render the Fathers of illegitimate Children liable for their support. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 8 | 1837 | This act provides financial protection for the child of an unwed mother in the case of a "seduction," that is to say, in the case of a man having pre-marital sex with a young woman after having promised to marry her but without actually intending to do so. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act respecting the Transportation of Convicts. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 7 | 1837 | This act legalizes deportation from the province as a punishment and enumerates the procedures necessary to undertake in order to banish a prisoner. | Early Canadiana Online |