Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to prevent the Introduction of Spirituous Liquors into the Common Gaols of this Province. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 14 | 1840 | This act makes it illegal to provide any prisoners of the provincial or district jails with alcohol, either by gift or by sale, under penalty of five pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and make permanent an Act passed in the fifth year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to prevent the Sale of Spirituous Liquors to Indians.” Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 13 | 1840 | This is a continuation of an act first passed in 1835, making it illegal to sell liquor to indigenous people. The original act is also amended, increasing the maximum penalty from five to twenty pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the first year of Her Majesty's reign, entitled, “An Act to protect the Inhabitants of this Province, against lawless aggressions from Subjects of Foreign Countries at peace with Her Majesty.” Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 12 | 1840 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1838, which makes it possible for the lieutenant governor to assemble the militia to defend the province in cases where foreign nations who do not currently have a peace agreement with Britain commit acts of aggression against the province. The amendments primarily concern the form of punishments for those convicted of treason in these cases, and prescribe capital punishment for those found guilty of treasonous acts (or felony in cases of foreign non-subjects participating in acts of aggression within the province while their home country is at peace with Britain). | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act passed during the third Session of the present Parliament, entitled, “An Act to authorise the Establishment of Boards of Boundary Line Commissioners, within the several Districts of this Province.” Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 11 | 1840 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1838, which establishes a board of boundary commissioners for each district within the province in order to help settle disputes caused by improper boundary surveys. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to compel certain persons not Assessed, to perform Statute Labour. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 10 | 1840 | This act makes it legal for every male over the age of twenty-one to be ordered to perform statute labour whether they own property or not. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the time for making Returns and Payments by Collectors, and other persons receiving the Public Revenues of this Province, and for other purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 9 | 1840 | This act regulates when officers of the districts throughout the province will receive payments for various fees and fines required by law, and details when an account of these fees and fines will be made to the Receiver-General of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make perpetual certain parts of an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to prevent the unnecessary multiplication of Law Suits, and increase of Costs in Actions on Notes, Bonds, Bills of Exchange and other Instruments” and for other purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 8 | 1840 | This act continues and makes perpetual an act passed in 1835, which regulates lawsuits that can be brought against banks and the makers and endorsers of banknotes concerning their value, in an attempt to control the increase of the physical costs of making said banknotes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive, continue and make perpetual a certain Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to continue and amend the Late for attaching the Property of Absconding Debtors, and for other purposes therein-mentioned." Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 7 | 1840 | This act continues and makes perpetual an act passed in 1835, which described how the property of absconding debtors could be seized. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and make perpetual an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to mitigate the Law in respect to Imprisonment for Debt.” Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 6 | 1840 | This act continues and makes permanent an act first passed in 1835, which raises the amount required to jail debtors from five pounds to ten pounds. It also further defines the actions which can be taken against debtors in order to recover costs. | 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 |