Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to encourage the Whale Fishery in this Colony. (Passed 29th April, 1840.) | 3 Victoria - Chapter 5 | 1840 | This act sets aside an amount of money to be awarded to vessels who bring in whale oil or whale blubber as a bounty in order to encourage whale fishing in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the continuation of Suits and Process, in cases of Formation of New Districts. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 5 | 1840 | This act provides for the continuation of all court cases, no matter the court, in cases where new districts are created and the jurisdiction may change due to the creation of new district courts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Acts therein mentioned, relating to the administration of Justice in the Inferior District of Gaspe. | 3 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes the 1832 Act, “An Act to extend the provisions of a certain Act therein mentioned, as far as the same relates to the Judicature of the Inferior District of Gaspe, and more effectually to provide for the due administration of Justice in the said District,” as amended by several other acts, permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act entitled “An Act to revest in the Treasury the Sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Pounds, granted to Her Majesty under an Act passed in the first year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, and remaining unappropriated, and to appropriate the same for the purpose of facilitating a communication by Steam between the Port of Saint John's and the Port of Halifax in the Province of Nova Scotia, and to make further provision for facilitating communication by Steam between the said Ports of Saint John's and Halifax. (Passed 29th April, 1840.) | 3 Victoria - Chapter 4 | 1840 | This is the repeal of an act passed in 1839, which appropriated a revenue to create a transportation service between Newfoundland and Halifax, Nova Scotia. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the circulation of Printed Promissory Notes, under the value of Five Shillings. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 4 | 1840 | This act makes it illegal to print bank notes for amounts smaller than five shillings. Notes printed before the passing of this act and currently in circulation for amounts smaller than five shillings will be paid out by those who made the note. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Acts of the Legislature of this Province, relative to the District of St. Francis. | 3 Victoria Chapter 3 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes several acts set to expire in 1842 permanent, including the 1823 Act, “An Act to erect certain townships therein mentioned into an Inferior District, to be called the District of Saint Francis [Saint-François], and to establish Courts of Judicature therein,” and the 1832 Act, “An Act to make better provision with regard to appeals from the Provincial Court of the Inferior District of Saint Francis, to establish Circuits therein, and to extend the benefit of the Trial by Jury to the said Inferior District,” as amended by several other Acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish the Fees and Costs chargeable in the several Police Offices and Courts of Session in this Colony. (Passed 29th April, 1840.) | 3 Victoria - Chapter 3 | 1840 | This act establishes various fees to be paid to court officials for services rendered. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled, “An Act for the exemplary punishment of all and every person and persons who shall seduce, or attempt to seduce, or aid or assist, or attempt to aid or assist any Soldier to Desert His Majesty's Service, or who shall harbor, conceal, receive or assist any Deserter from such Service,” and to make further provision for the punishment of such offenders. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 3 | 1840 | This act repeals an act first passed in 1804 which describes the punishment(s) to befall civilians who encouraged or assisted a soldier to desert. Punishment was to consist of both imprisonment and fines, and replaces it with new laws which are very similar. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into this Colony and its Dependencies. (Passed 29th April, 1840.) | 3 Victoria - Chapter 2 | 1840 | This act specifies various duties and taxes to be collected on goods imported into the province in order to generate a revenue for the provincial government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better regulation of the Office of Reporter to the Court of Queen’s Bench in this Province. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 2 | 1840 | This act repeals an act first passed in 1823 and replaces it with new rules regarding the printing, publishing, and reporting of decisions made by the court of the Queen's bench. | Early Canadiana Online |