Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-fourth year of George the Third, entitled, “An Act for the better securing this Province against all seditious attempts or designs to disturb the tranquility thereof.” Passed 20th March, 1829. 10 George IV – Chapter 5 1829 The repeal of an act first passed in 1804 which allowed This act allows senior magistrates to arrest persons not having lived in Upper Canada for at least six months. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to afford greater facility in procuring testimony upon claims to Lands in this Province, by the Heirs or Devisees of the original nominees of the Crown, or their Assignees. Passed 20th March, 1829. 10 George IV – Chapter 4 1829 This act enables all commissioners of the court of the king's bench in the province to hear matters relating to the relief of persons who may be entitled to inherit land where no patents exist, since the prior arrangements allowing one commissioner per district has not been sufficient to meet the demand of claimants. Early Canadiana Online
An Act, the better to protect the Mississaga [Mississauga] Tribes living on the Indian Reserve of the River Credit, in their exclusive right of Fishing and Hunting therein. Passed 20th March, 1829. 10 George IV – Chapter 3 1829 This act acknowledges the area currently known as Etobicoke and Mississauga as land belonging to the Mississauga tribe, and is to be their acknowledged fishing and hunting ground. After lodging a complaint concerning a depletion of their resources caused by unlawful settler fishing and hunting, the legislature enacts a law threatening three days of jail to anyone caught unlawfully hunting or fishing on Mississauga land. The act is not permanent; it is in place for four years. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorise the detention of Debtors in certain cases. Passed 20th March, 1829. 10 George IV – Chapter 2 1829 Due to creditors losing money over the length of time it takes to process debtors through the court system, this act legislates specific time frames for processing debtors, with the caveat that nothing in this act should be construed as permission to skip any of the necessary forms and procedures. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for the Admission of the Evidence of Quakers, Menonists, Tunkers and Moravians, in Criminal Cases. Passed 20th March, 1829. 10 George IV – Chapter 1 1829 This act specifies an affirmation which religious sects who are uncomfortable taking an oath due to religious reasons can take in place of an oath for legal purposes. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to alter and amend an Act for enabling His Majesty to grant to a Company, to be Incorporated by Charter, to be called “The Canada Company,” certain Lands in the Province of Upper Canada. 15th July, 1828. 9 George IV – Chapter 22 1828 This act makes alterations to the original charter which incorporated the Canada Company under the management of the named individuals. Early Canadiana Online
An Act To Secure to and Confer upon certain Inhabitants of this Province, the Civil and Political Rights of Natural Born British Subjects. Assented to by His Majesty in Council, 7th May, 1828. 9 George IV – Chapter 21 1828 This act refines the rules concerning natural citizenship in Upper Canada to include anybody who has purchased or been granted land in the province, who has sworn an oath to the British Crown, or who has resided in the area for a certain period of time. It conveys onto these individuals all the rights of natural citizenship upon making the oath of affirmation. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for enabling William Warren Baldwin, Esquire, to carry into effect the Will of late Laurent Quetton Saint George, and for other purposes relating to the real and personal Estates, which were of the said Laurent Quetton Saint George. Passed 25th March, 1828. 9 George IV – Chapter 20 1828 This Act grants to William Warren Baldwin, in his capacity as Executor of the will, the power to settle the estates of the late Laurent Quetton Saint George. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to enable William Chisholm, Esquire, to erect a Harbor at the Sixteen-mile-Creek, in the Township of Trafalgar, in the Gore District. Passed 25th March, 1828. 9 George IV – Chapter 19 1828 This Act grants permission for William Chisholm, Esq., to build a harbour at the opening of Sixteen Mile Creek. The Act also provides for the collection of tolls from those making use of the said harbour, and for the eventual purchase of the harbour by the government of Upper Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the Relief of Eliza Thompson, and Eliza Anne Eleanor Clute. Passed 25th March, 1828. 9 George IV – Chapter 18 1828 This Act stipualtes that the Commissioners of Forfeited Estates consider the claim of Eliza Thompson regarding land left by her husband. Early Canadiana Online