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A list of Ordinances relevant to the Courts in New Zealand during the 1840s

Ordinances are listed chronologically.

An Ordinance to declare that the laws of New South Wales so far as they can be made applicable shall extend to and be in force in Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand, 3 June 1841, repealed in 1842 (4 Vic. No.1)

An Ordinance to repeal..."An Act to empower the Governor of New South Wales to appoint Commissioners with certain powers to examine and report on Claims to Grants of land in New Zealand, and also to terminate any Commission issued under the same, and to authorize the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand to appoint Commissioners with certain powers to examine and report on Claims to Grants of Land therein, and to declare all other titles except those allowed by the Crown null and void, 9 June 1841, repealed in 1856 (4 Vic. No. 2)

An Ordinance for instituting and regulating Courts of General and Quarter Sessions in the Colony of New Zealand, and to authorize the holding of Petty Sessions , within the same, and for defining their respective powers and for determining the places at which the same shall be holden and for repealing within the Colony of New Zealand certain Acts of the Government and Council of New South Wales , adopted now in force within the aid Colony of New Zealand, 24 June 1841, repealed in 1858 (4 Vic. No.4)

An Ordinance for instituting Court of Civil Jurisdiction, to be called 'Courts of Requests' in different parts of the Colony of New Zealand and its dependencies, 5 July 1841, repealed in 1858 (4 Vic. No.6)

An Ordinance for Establishing a Supreme Court, 22 Dec 1841, repealed in 1860 (5 Vic. No.1)

An Ordinance for establishing County Courts of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction and for repealing "An Ordinance for instituting Courts of Requests" (Session 1 no.6), and for repealing part of "An Ordinance for establishing Courts of Quarter Sessions" (Session 1 no.4), 28 December 1841, repealed in 1860 (5 Vic. No.2)

An Ordinance to regulate the constitution of Juries, 23 December 1841, repealed in 1868 (5 Vic. No. 3)

An Ordinance for extending the powers of Police Magistrates, 21st January 1842, repealed in 1846 (5 Vic. No.4)

An Ordinance to regulate Summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace, 21st January 1842, repealed in 1866 (5 Vic. No.5)

An Ordinance to render Certain Marriages Valid, 21 February 1842 (5 Vic. No.11)

An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance enacted by the Governor of New Zealand, with the advise and consent of the Legislative Council thereof (Session 1, No. 2), 25 February 1842, disallowed September 1843 (5 Vic. No.14)

An Ordinance to provide for the Summary Recovery of Compensation for Damage done by Cattle Trespassing, 14 March 1842, repealed in 1846 (5 Vic. No.16)

An Ordinance to Secure the Copyright of Printed Books to the Authors thereof, 15 March 1842 (5 Vic. No.18)

An Ordinance to repeal an Ordinance enacted by the Governor of New Zealand, with the advise and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, whereby the Laws of New South Wales were declared to extend to and be in force in the Colony of New Zealand, 15 March 1842 (5 Vic. No.19)

An Ordinance for establishing a Supreme Court, 13 January 1844, repealed in 1860 (7 Vic. No.1)

An Ordinance to make temporary provision for the Constitution of Juries, 13 January 1844, repealed in 1868 (7 Vic. No. 2)

An Ordinance to amend the 'Land Claims Ordinance' (Session 1, No. 2), 13 February 1844, repealed in 1856 (7 Vic. No.3)

An Ordinance to Authorize the Governor of New Zealand to Issue Debentures and to make the same a Legal Tender, 18 May 1844, disallowed in November 1845 (7 Vic. No. 4)

An Ordinance for the Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Debt, 25 June 1844, repealed in 1862 (7 Vic. No.7)

An Ordinance to Establish Courts of Requests for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts, 27 June 1844, repealed in 1867 (7 Vic. No. 8)

An Ordinance for appointing a Board of Trustees for the Management of property to be set apart for the Education and Advancement of the native race, 29 June 1844 (7 Vic. No.9)

An Ordinance to repeal an Ordinance for prohibiting the Distillation of spirits within the Colony of New Zealand, 11 July 1844 (7 Vic. No.13)

An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance to provide for the Summary Recovery of Compensation for Damages done by Cattle Trespassing, 11 July 1844, repealed in 1846 (7 Vic. No.14)

An Ordinance to amend Summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace, 16 July 1844, repealed in 1867 (7 Vic. No.15)

An Ordinance for the Admission in certain cases of Unsworn Testimony in Civil and Criminal Proceedings, 16 July 1844 (7 Vic. No.16)

An Ordinance to exempt in certain cases Aboriginal Native Population of the Colony from the ordinary process and operation of the Law, 16 July 1844, repealed in 1846 (7 Vic. No. 18)

An Ordinance to remove doubts respecting the Legal Estate in Lands granted to Land Claimants, 17 July 1844, repealed in 1866 (7 Vic. No. 20)

An Ordinance to confirm certain Rules, Forms and Table Fees touching the Practice of the Supreme Court, 26 September 1844, repealed in 1860 (8 Vic. No.1)

An Ordinance to provide the application of Fines imposed in cases of Summary Conviction for Assault, 27 April 1845, repealed in 1866 (8 Vic. No.7)

An Ordinance to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Constabulary Force, 9 October 1846 (10 Vic. No.2)

An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance for establishing a Supreme Court, and to establish a Court of Appeals, 12 October 1846 (10 Vic. No.3)

An Ordinance to regulate the Appointment and the Duties of Coroners in the Colony of New Zealand, 12 October 1846, repealed in 1858 (10 Vic. No.4)

An Ordinance to regulate the Appointment and the Duties of Sheriffs in the Colony of New Zealand, 15 October 1846, repealed in 1860 (10 Vic. No.5)

An Ordinance to authorize and regulate the Impounding of Cattle, 16 September 1847, repealed in 1858 (10 Vic. No.6)

An Ordinance for the Regulation of Prisons, 15 October 1846, repealed in 1869 (10 Vic. No.7)

An Ordinance for the Support of Destitute Families and Illegitimate Children, 26 October 1846, sections 11-15 repealed in 1865 (10 Vic. No.9)

An Ordinance to confirm certain Rules, Forms and Table Fees touching the Practice of the Supreme Court, 5 November 1846, No.17 repealed in 1860 and Rules of Administration No.56 repealed in 1865 (10 Vic. No.12)

An Ordinance to repeal the 'Police Magistrates Ordinance' and the 'Native Exemption Ordinance', 7 November 1846 (10 Vic. No.15)

An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of Resident Magistrates Courts and to make special provision for the Administration of Justice in certain cases, 7 November 1846, repealed in 1867 (10 Vic. No.16)

An Ordinance to repeal the 'Cattle Trespass Ordinance' and the 'Cattle Trespass Amendment Ordinance' and to provide for the Summary Recovery of Compensation for Damage done by cattle Trespassing, 10 November 1846 (10 Vic. No.17)

An Ordinance to provide for the Prevention, by Summary Proceeding, of Unauthorised Purchases and leases of Land, 16 November 1846, repealed in 1865 (10 Vic. No.19)

An Ordinance for establishing Courts of Session for the Peace, 18 November 1846, repealed in 1858 (10 Vic. No.20)

An Ordinance to make provision for the Safe Custody of and Prevention of Offences of Persons dangerously Insane, and for the Care and Maintenance of Persons of Unsound Mind, 18 November 1846, repealed in 1868 (10 Vic. No.21)
An Ordinance to authorise Compensation in Colonial Debentures to be made to certain Claimants to Land in the Colony of New Zealand, 18 November 1846, repealed in 1856 (10 Vic. No.22)

An Ordinance for regulating Marriages in the Colony of New Zealand, 28 September 1847, repealed in 1854 (11 Vic. No.7)

An Ordinance for Registering Births, Deaths and Marriages in the Colony of New Zealand, 15 October 1847, repealed in 1858 (11 Vic. No.9)

An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of Provincial Legislative Councils in the Colony of New Zealand, 18 November 1848 (12 Vic. No.9)

An Ordinance to amend the Supreme Court Ordinance, 18 November 1848, repealed in 1860 (12 Vic. No. 3)

An Ordinance for Quieting Titles to Land in the Province of New Ulster, 25 August 1849 (13 Vic. No.4)

Ordinances of New Munster

An Ordinance to increase the efficiency of the Constabulary Force, 23 August 1849 (13 Vic. No.9)