Legislation by Concept: Family Law, Public Order
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to alter and amend an Act, intitled “An Act for regulating Marriage and Divorce, and for preventing and punishing Incest, Adultery and Fornication.” Passed the 30th of July, 1808. | 48 George III Chapter 3 | 1808 | This act changes the times in which the court that handles marriage and sexual morality matters will be in session. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1808. Saint John: Jacob Mott, 1808. |
| An Act to confirm certain Marriages therein mentioned. (2d. May, 1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 11 | 1804 | An Act to declare marriages performed by Ministers of the Church of Scotland, Protestant Dissenting Ministers, or Justices of the Peace legitimate under law. | Early Canadiana Online |
| A Declaratory Act respecting Actions for Criminal Conversation. (29th May, 1800.) | 40 George III Chapter 7 | 1800 | This act allows wives to sue their husbands for damages without first having to prove their husbands guilty of adultery in a court of law. | Early Canadiana Online |
| Acte déclaratoire concernant les actions pour Commerce Criminel. (29me Mai, 1800.) | 40 George III Chapitre 7 | 1800 | Cet acte permet une mariée de poursuivre en justice son mari sans falloir de le prouver coupable d'adultère. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the Second Session of the First Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada, intituled, “An Act to confirm and make valid Certain Marriages, heretofore contracted in the Country now comprised within the Province of Upper Canada, and to provide for the future Solemnization of Marriage within the same. | 38 George III – Chapter 4 | 1798 | An act allowing properly ordained ministers and clergymen of the Church of Scotland, Lutherans, or Calvinists to conduct legally-recognized marriages. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an act passed in the second Session of the first Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada, entitled “An Act to confirm and make valid certain Marriages, heretofore contracted in the Country now comprised within the province of Upper Canada, and to provide for the future Solemnization of Marriage within the same.” | 37 George III Chapter 17 | 1797 | This act allows any Church of Scotland, Lutheran, or Calvinist clergymen to marry any two persons who are legally qualified for matrimony. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act for the more easy Barring of Dower. | 37 George III Chapter 7 | 1797 | This act makes it lawful for any person entitled to a dowery to release a woman's right and title to dower in the land in question in order to bar any person from executing the same dower over such land. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act to enable the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being, to appoint persons to solemnize Marriages, in places wherein no established Clergyman resides. | 35 George III – Chapter 2 | 1795 | This act allows for the appointment of non-clergy officials to solemnize marriage in areas where there are no clergy easily available. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confirm and make valid certain Marriages heretofore contracted in the Country now comprized within the Province of Upper-Canada, and to provide for the future Solemnization of Marriage within the same. | 33 George III Chapter 5 | 1793 | This act legalizes marriages previously contracted in the areas that became Upper Canada and provides for the solemnization of future marriages within the same. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America; Comprising all the Acts of the Honourable the Lesgislature of the Province Aforesaid. Niagara: Gordon Tiffany, 1795. |
| An Act to render and make valid, certain Marriages, heretofore solemnized before Magistrates, and other Lay Persons. | 33 George III – Chapter 5 | 1793 | This act validates marriages that have been performed before magistrates who are not members of the clergy. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Maintenance of Bastard Children. | 32 George III Chapter 3 | 1792 | This act details what course of action the authorities can take against a man who has been charged with fathering a child out of wedlock. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1792. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1792. |
| An Act for regulating marriage and divorce, and for preventing and punishing Incest, Adultry, and Fornication. | 31 George III Chapter 5 | 1791 | This act lays out the laws governing the legal recognition of marriage and divorce, and prohibiting sexual behaviour deemed immoral or unlawful. | Acts of the General Assembly of his Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1791. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1791. |
| An Act for the Amendment of an Act intitled, “An Act concerning Marriages and Divorce, and for punishing Incest and Adultery, and declaring Polygamy to be Felony.” | 1 George III – Chapter 7 | 1761 | This Act amends the 1758 Act “An Act concerning Marriages and Divorce, and for punishing Incest and Adultery, and declaring Polygamy to be Felony,” to amend a certain clause found inconsistent with the laws of England. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| The several Resolutions or Acts referred to in the foregoing Act, are as follow, viz. | 32 George II – [Chapter 37] | 1758 | This Act continues and amends several former acts, including an Act from 1750/51 that resolved that no debts contracted prior to the establishment of Nova Scotia or before a settler's arrival in the colony was to be pleadable in the courts of the colony. Under this Act, a debtors effects or estate are liable to be used to pay these debts after their death, unless he has a wife or legitimate children who will be entitled to the deceased's effects and estate. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act directing the Guardianship of Minors. | 32 George II – Chapter 26 | 1758 | This Act outlines what should be done in the case that a father of children under the age of twenty one years dies and is not married at the time of his death. The Act gives the guardians of such children the power to use the children's inherited property for their benefit and stipulates that guardians must be Protestant. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act to provide for the Support of Bastard Children, and the Punishment of the Mother and reputed Father. | 32 George II – Chapter 19 | 1758 | This Act outlines procedures to be taken if a woman declares her child to be a bastard, including if it is found that she names a man who is not the child's father to be it's father or if the father refuses to support the child. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act concerning Marriages and Divorce and for punishing Incest and Adultery, and declaring Polygamy to be Felony. | 32 George II – Chapter 17 | 1758 | Under this Act, intention of marriage must be publicly given on three Sundays prior to any marriage. Polygamy is made a felony and incestuous marriages or impotent marriages are allowed to be declared null and void. Penalties for those who offend against this Act's terms or who commit adultery are outlined. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |