This Ordinance corrects an error in the first chapter of this Session wherein the wrong Ordinance was referred to in "An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance of the Legislature of this Province, made and passed in the fourth year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Ordinance to establish new Territorial Divisions of Lower Canada, and to alter and amend the Judicature, and provide for the better and more efficient administration of Justice throughout this Province.'" The Ordinance that should have been amended was the 1840 Ordinance “An Ordinance to provide for the more easy and expeditious administration of Justice, in civil causes and matters involving small pecuniary value and interest throughout this Province."
This Ordinance amends two Ordinances passed in 1840 relating to the Court of the King's Bench, Court of Queen's Bench, and the Court of Common Pleas. This Ordinance is made permanent.
This act grants a pension to the widow and children of the late William Kerry, who was killed in an attempt to capture american brigands who had crossed the border into Upper Canada.