Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to provide for the more speedy attainder of persons indicted for High Treason, who have fled from this Province, or remain concealed therein, to escape from Justice. Passed 6th March, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 9 | 1838 | This act clarifies how to prosecute those who are accused of treason but who have either fled the province or who are in hiding. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue a certain Act therein mentioned, intituled, “An Act for the Transportation of certain Offenders from this Province to England, to be thence again transported to New South Wales or Van Diemen’s Land.” | 1 Victoria Chapter 8 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Act continues the 1835 Act, “An Act for the Transportation of certain Offenders from this Province to England, to be thence again transported to New South Wales or Van Diemen’s Land," which is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend, and reduce into one Act, the Militia Laws of this Province. Passed 6th March, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 8 | 1838 | This act consolidates and refines several provincial militia acts into one. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to investigate the Claims of certain loyal Inhabitants of this Province, for losses sustained during the late unnatural Rebellion. | 1 Victoria Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1838 | Under this Ordinance, three commissioners are to be appointed to investigate losses or damages that loyal inhabitants suffered during the rebellion. The processes by which these commissioners are to be appointed and their duties are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law with respect to the liability of the Legal Representatives of Joint Contractors, and of Defendants on Joint Judgments. Passed 12th January, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 7 | 1838 | This act details how to proceed if one of the parties in a joint judgment should die. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue a certain Act therein mentioned, intituled, “An Act to provide less expensive means for the Recovery of Wages due to Seamen of Vessels belonging to, or registered in this Province.” | 1 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance continues that 1836 Act, “An Act to provide less expensive means for the recovery of wages due to Seamen of Vessels belonging to, or registered in this Province," which is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of and amend an Act passed in the seventh year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “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 12th January, 1833. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 6 | 1838 | This act repeals an amendment passed in 1836 which determined the place and time for the court of general quarter sessions of the peace as it pertains to Niagara, and appoints a new place and time for the court of general quarter sessions of the peace of Niagara. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue a certan Act, intituled, "An Act to regulate the Exercise of certain Rights of Lessors and Lessees." | 1 Victoria Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance continues the 1833 Act, “An Act to regulate the Exercise of certain Rights of Lessors and Lessees,” which is to remain in force until 1839. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the future erection of Gaols in this Province. Passed I2th January, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 5 | 1838 | This act regulates the building and management of jailhouses. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue certain Acts of the Legislature of this Province, relating to the Establishment of Registry Offices. | 1 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance continues the 1830 Act, “An Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford, and Missisquoi,” the 1831 Act that amended it, and the 1834 Act that extended it, as outlined. These Acts are to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |