shewing the number of copies of, the Acts of each Session which have been printed and distributed by him since the then last Session,-and the Departments, Administrative Bodies, Officers and persons to whom the same have been distributed, the number of copies delivered to each, and under what authority, and the numbers of copies of the Acts of each Session then remaining in his hands, and containing also a detailed account of the expenses by him actually incurred in carrying this Act into pense incurred effect, to the end that provision may be made for defraying the by him. same, after such account has been duly audited and allowed. And as to ex 15. The party obtaining an Act of a private or personal Obligations of character shall furnish, at his own cost, one hundred and fifty printed copies of such Act to the Government of Canada. SHORT TITLE. 16. This Act may be cited as "The Interpretation Act." parties obtaining private Acts. Short title. 22 VICT. CAP. 29. An Act respecting the Consolidated Statutes of [Assented to 4th May, 1859.] Those provisions of this Act which are identical with clauses of 31 V. c. 1, are indicated by numbers and references to the sections or sub-sections of 31 V. c. 1, supra, to which they respectively correspond. WHEREAS it has been found expedient to revise, Preamble... classify and consolidate the Public General Statutes which apply to the whole Province of Canada;-And whereas such revision, classification and consolidation have been made accordingly; And whereas it is expedient to provide for the incorporation therewith of the Public General Statutes passed during the present Session in so far as the same affect the whole Province, and for giving the force of law to the body of Consolidated Statutes to result from such incorporation: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The printed Roll attested as that of the said Statutes so Original Roll revised, classified and consolidated as aforesaid, under the of Statutes resignature of His Excellency the Governor-General, that of the video Clerk of the Legislative Council and that of the Clerk of the deposited. Legislative Assembly, and deposited in the office of the Clerk be certified and notes, misprints, &c. of the Legislative Council, shall be held to be the original thereof, and to embody the several Acts and parts of Acts mentioned as to be repealed in the Schedule A thereto anAs to marginal nexed; but the marginal notes thereon, and the references to former enactments at the foot of the several sections thereof form no part of the said Statutes and shall be held to have been inserted for convenience of reference only, and may be omitted or corrected, and any mis-print or clerical error in the said roll may also be corrected,-in the Roll hereinafter mentioned. Governor may cause the legis lation of this Session to be incorporated with the Statutes in the said Roll. Certified Roll including the legislation of the present Session to be deposited and serve as the original thereof. Proclamation for bringing the Consoli 2. The Governor may select such Acts and parts of Acts passed during the present Session, as he may deem it advisable to incorporate with the said Statutes contained in the said first mentioned Roll, and may cause them to be so incorporated therewith, adapting their form and language to those of the said Statutes (but without changing their effect), inserting them in their proper places in the said Statutes, striking out of the latter any enactments repealed by or inconsistent with those so incorporated, altering the numbering of the chapters and sections, if need be, and adding to the said Schedule A a list of the Acts and parts of Acts of the present Session so incorporated as aforesaid; and the Governor may direct that all sums of money stated in the said Roll in Halifax currency, be converted into dollars and cents, in all cases where it can be conveniently done. 3. So soon as the said incorporation of such Acts and parts of Acts with the said Statutes, and the said addition to the said Schedule A shall have been completed, the Governor may cause a correct printed Roll thereof attested under his signature and countersigned by the Provincial Secretary, to be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Legislative Council, which Roll shall be held to be the original thereof, and to em. body the several Acts and parts of Acts mentioned as repealed in the amended Schedule A thereto annexed; any marginal notes however, and references to former enactments which may appear thereon being held to form no part of the said Statutes, but to be inserted for convenience of reference only. 4. The Governor in Council, after such deposit of the said last mentioned Roll, may, by Proclamation, declare the day on, dated Statutes from and after which the same shall come into force and have a certain day. effect as law by the designation of "The Consolidated Statutes of Canada." into force on On and after that day; By proclamation dated 9th November 1859, the GovernorGeneral (Sir Edmund Head) declared the 5th December, 1859, as the day when the Consolidated Statutes of Canada should come into effect. 5. On, from and after such day, the same shall accordingly come into force and effect as and by the designation of "The Consolidated Statutes of Canada," to all intents as they shall be in force-and though the same were expressly embodied in and enacted by the enactthis Act, to come into force and have effect on, from and after ments embodsuch day; and on, from and after the same day, all the enact- ied in them ments in the several Acts and parts of Acts in such amended repealed. Schedule A mentioned as repealed shall stand and be repealed Exception. -save only as hereinafter is provided. &c., anterior 6. The repeal of the said Acts and parts of Acts shall not Saving as to revive any Act or provision of law repealed by them: nor shall transactions, the said repeal prevent the effect of any saving clause in the to the repeal. said Acts and parts of Acts, or the application of any of the said Acts or parts of Acts or of any Act or provision of law formerly in force,-to any transaction, matter or thing anterior to the said repeal, to which they would otherwise apply. 7. The repeal of the said Acts and parts of Acts shall not Certain mataffect ters anterior to the repeal not to be affected 1. Any penalty, forfeiture or liability, civil or criminal, in- by it,— curred before the time of such repeal, or any proceedings for Penalties, &c. enforcing the same, had, done, completed or pending at the time of such repeal, 2. Nor any indictment, information, conviction, sentence or Indictments, prosecution had, done, completed or pending at the time of such &c. repeal, 3. Nor any action, suit, judgment, decree, certificate, execu- Actions, &c. tion, process, order, rule or any proceeding, matter or thing whatever respecting the same, had, done, made, entered, granted, completed, pending, existing, or in force at the time of such repeal, 4. Nor any act, deed, right, title, interest, grant, assurance, Acts, deeds, descent, will, registry, contract, lien, charge, matter or thing, rights, &c. had, done, made, acquired, established or existing at the time of such repeal, 5. Nor any office, appointment, commission, salary, aliowance, fices, &c. security, duty, or any matter or thing appertaining thereto, at the time of such repeal, 6. Nor any marriage, certificate or registry thereof, lawfully Marriages, &c had, made, granted or existing before or at the time of such repeal, 7. Nor shall such repeal defeat, disturb, invalidate or pre- Any other judicially affect any other matter or thing whatsoever, had, matters, &c. done, completed, existing or pending at the time of such repeal; But the same shall remain valid, &c. 8. But every And may be and under what laws. Such penalty, forfeiture and liability, and every such Indictment, information, conviction, sentence and prosecution, and every such Action, suit, judgment, decree, certificate, execution, process, order, rule, proceeding, matter or thing, and every such Act, deed, right, title, interest, grant, assurance, descent, will, registry, contract, lien, charge, matter or thing, and every such Office, appointment, commission, salary, allowance, security and duty, and every such Marriage, certificate and registry, and every such other matter and thing, and the force and effect thereof, respectively, May and shall, both at law and in equity, remain and conenforced, &c., tinue as if no such repeal had taken place, and, so far as necessary, may and shall be continued, prosecuted, enforced and proceeded with under the said Consolidated Statutes and other the Statutes and Laws having force in this Province, so far as applicable thereto, and subject to the provisions of the said several Statutes and Laws. Consolidated Statutes not to be deemed new Laws. How construed if in any case they differ from the re &c. 8. The said Consolidated Statutes shall not be held to operate as new laws, but shall be construed and have effect as a consolidation and as declaratory of the law as contained in the said Acts and parts of Acts so repealed, and for which the said Consolidated Statutes are substituted. 9. But if upon any point the provisions of the said Consolidated Statutes are not in effect the same as those of the repealed Acts and parts of Acts for which they are substituted, pealed Acts, then as respects all transactions, matters and things subsequent to the time when the said Consolidated Statutes take effect, the provisions contained in them shall prevail, but as respects all transactions, matters and things anterior to the said time, the provisions of the said repealed Acts and parts of Acts shall prevail. As to refer ences to re &c. 10. Any reference in any former Act remaining in force, or pealed Acts, in in any instrument or document, to any Act or enactment so reformer Acts, pealed, shall after the Consolidated Statutes take effect, be held, as regards any subsequent transaction, matter or thing, to be a reference to the enactments in the Consolidated Statutes having the same effect as such repealed Act or enactment. As to effect of 11. The insertion of any Act in the said Schedule A shall insertion of an not be construed as a declaration that such Act or any part of it was or was not in force immediately before the coming into Act in Scheforce of the said Consolidated Statutes. dule A. Printer to be 12. Copies of the said Consolidated Statutes printed by the Copies by Queen's Printer from the amended Roll so deposited, shall be Queen's received as evidence of the said Consolidated Statutes in all evidence. Courts and places whatsoever. statutes. 13. The Interpretation Act contained in the said Consoli- Interpretation dated Statutes, shall apply to them and to this Act;-and in of the said construing this Act or any Act forming part of the said Statutes, unless it be otherwise provided, or there be something in the context or other provisions thereof indicating a different meaning or calling for a different construction: (1.) The enactments in such Act apply to the whole Province Extent of of Canada; (2.) Identical with 31 V. c. 1, sec. 6 (2), ante page 3. (3.) Identical with 31 V. c. 1, sec. 6 (3), ante page 3. (4.) Identical with 31 V. c. 1, sec. 6 (4), ante page 3. (5.) Identical with 31 V. c. 1, sec. 8, ante page 9. Enactments. (6.) The word "Proclamation" means a Proclamation under "Proclamathe Great Seal, and the expression "Great Seal" means the tion." Great Seal of the Province of Canada; (7.) When the Governor is authorized to do any act by Proclamation, suck Proclamation is to be understood to be a Proclamation issued under an Order of the Governor in Council; but it shall not be necessary that it be mentioned in the Proclamation that it is issued under such Order. "Proclama tion." " County." (8.) Identical with 31 V., c. 1, sec. 7 (9), ante page 4. 14. If upon any point there be a difference between the As to English English and the French versions of the said Statutes, that ver- and French sion which is most consistent with the Acts consolidated in the said Statutes shall prevail. 15. Relates to distribution of copies. Versions. 16. This Act shall be printed with the said Consolidated This Act to be printed with Statutes and shall be subject to the same rules of construction the said as the said Consolidated Statutes;-And any Chapter of the statutes. said Statutes may be cited and referred to in any Act and proceeding whatever, Civil and Criminal, either by its title as an Act,- -or by its number as a Chapter in the copies printed be cited. by the Queen's Printer,-or by its short title. 17. Relates to printing of Imperial Acts with the C. S. of Can. How they may |