R.S.O. 1897, Chapter 322

An Act respecting Certain Rights and Liberties of the People

Disclaimer:  This Act is reproduced from Appendix A to the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980, and may not reflect amendments enacted since then. This is not an official copy of this Act.

Avertissement : La présente loi est reproduite à partir de l’annexe A des Lois refondues de l’Ontario de 1980; il est donc possible qu’elle ne tienne pas compte de modifications édictées depuis. Elle ne constitue pas une copie officielle.

 

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

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Imprisonment, etc., contrary to law

Administration of justice

      2.  No man shall be taken or imprisoned nor prejudged of life or limb, nor be disseized or put out of his freehold, franchises, or liberties, or free customs, nor be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed, unless he be brought in to answer and prejudged of the same by due course of law; nor shall the King pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgement of his peers, or by the law of the land; and the King shall sell to no man, nor deny or defer to any man, either justice or right.  25 Edw. I, (Magna Carta), c. 29; 5 Edw. III, c. 9; 25 Edw. III, st. 5, c. 4; and 28 Edw. III, c. 3.

 

Of wrongful distresses, or defiances of the King’s courts

      3.  It is provided, agreed, and granted, that all persons, as well of high as of low estate, shall receive justice in the King’s court; and none from henceforth shall take any revenge or distress of his own authority, without award of the King’s court, though he have damage or injury, whereby he would have amends of his neighbour, either higher or lower.  52 Hen. III, (St. of Marlbridge), c. 1.