In the fourteenth year of the reign of George the Third :

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Creator
Quebec (Province) Quebec Act.
Great Britain Quebec Act.
Title
Great Britain
An act for making more effectual provision for the government of the province of Quebec in North America
In the fourteenth year of the reign of George the Third : at the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the tenth day of May, in the year of Our Lord 1768, in the eighth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. : and from thence continued, by several prorogations to the thirteenth day of January 1774; being the seventh session of the thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain.
Published
York [Toronto] : Printed by John Bennett, law printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, [1774?]
Identifier
oocihm.39174
39174
Subject
Constitutions -- Canada
Document source
Scanned from a CIHM microfiche of the original publication held by the Seminary of Quebec, Library.
Notes
Cover title.
Caption title: An act for making more effectual provision for the government of the province of Quebec in North America.
At head of caption title: In the fourteenth year of reign of George the Third. Chap. LXXXIII.
Comprises: An act for making more effectual provision for the government of the province of Quebec in North America (id est The Quebec Act, pages I-V) and, An act to establish a fund towards further defraying the charges of the administration of justice, and support of the civil government within the province of Quebec in America (pages VI-VIII).
Followed by the texts of 2 amendments to each of the preceding acts, as well as "An act for extending the jurisdiction of the courts of justice in the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, to the trial and punishment of persons guilty of crimes and offences within certain parts of North America adjoining to the said provinces".
Title from title screen.
Bishop, O.B. Publications of the province of Upper Canada and of Great Britain, pages 26
Fleming, P. Upper Canadian imprints, 1801-1841, numbers 29
MTL, numbers 6817
[2], xxvi pages ; 26 cm.
Collection
Government Publications
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.39174