Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, a certain Act therein-mentioned respecting Enquêtes in Civil matters. (25th February, 1832.) | 2 William IV Chapter 6 | 1832 | This Act continues, for a limited time, an Act passed in 1831, “An Act to facilitate the administration of justice respecting in Civil matters before the Court of King’s Bench for the Districts of Québec, Montreal, and Three-Rivers, and Inferior District of Saint Francis," which is to remain in force until 1834. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford means for attaching the Property of Absconding Debtors. Passed 28th January, 1832. | 2 William IV – Chapter 5 | 1832 | This Act describes the process by which the property of an absconded debtor may be seized. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, certain Acts therein-mentioned. (25th February, 1832.) | 2 William IV Chapter 5 | 1832 | This Act continues several Acts pertaining to houses of correction, fraudulent land sales, Clerks of the Peace, marriage contracts, and police in Sorel-Tracy which are to remain in force until 1835. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate Summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace, and to afford to such Justices reasonable protection in the discharge of their duty. Passed 28th January, 1832. | 2 William IV – Chapter 4 | 1832 | This act clarifies how court proceedings are to be recorded. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revise and continue, for a limited time, two certain Acts therein-mentioned relating to the Inspection of Fish and Oil, intended for exportation. (25th February, 1832.) | 2 William IV Chapter 4 | 1832 | This Act revives and continues two former Acts, including the 1823 Act, “An Act to provide for the Inspection of Fish and Oil intended for exportation from the Ports of Québec and Montreal,” and the 1824 Act, “An Act to extend the provisions of a certain Act therein-mentioned relating to the Inspection of Fish and Oil intended for exportation.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to remove doubts respecting the Jurisdiction of Commissioners of Customs in this Province. Passed 28th January, 1832. | 2 William IV – Chapter 3 | 1832 | This Act authorizes Commissioners of Customs to constitute a Court of Record in certain "cases of forfeiture and penalties"; namely, in those cases involving sums of money less than forty pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of a certain Act therein-mentioned, and to authorize the collection of certain Duties at Montreal. (25th February, 1832.) | 2 William IV Chapter 3 | 1832 | This Act extends the provisions of the 1829 Act, “An Act to authorize the collection of certain duties at Montreal” to Duties imposed by any Act of the Imperial Parliament. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to remove doubts respecting the Jurisdiction over Offences committed upon the Lakes and Rivers in this Province. Passed 23rd December, 1831. | 2 William IV – Chapter 2 | 1832 | This Act defines in which district water bodies not fully enclosed within the borders of a particular township should be considered to be. The Act also makes provision for the trying of crimes committed on such water bodies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend a certain Act therein-mentioned, relating to the encouragement of the Trade and Intercourse between this Province and the Province of Nova-Scotia. (25th February, 1832.) | 2 William IV Chapter 2 | 1832 | This Act repeals a section of a former Act, “An Act to repeal a certain Act therein-mentioned, and for the encouragement of the Trade and Intercourse between the Ports of this Province and Halifax,” pertaining to sums advanced at the end of the season. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the operation within this Province of an Act of Parliament made in England, in the Twenty-first year of the Reign of King James the First, entitled “An Act to prevent the destroying and, murthering of Bastard Children,” and to make other provisions for the prevention and punishment of Infanticide. Passed 23rd December, 1831. | 2 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1832 | This Act removes Upper Canada from the jurisdiction of a British law concerning the murdering of children born out of wedlock, and stipulates that such murder be tried as any other murder would be. It also identifies the punishment for hiding the corpse of an infant so as to deny its birth. | Early Canadiana Online |