Rupert's Land Act 1868

Rupert's Land Act 1868

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for enabling Her Majesty to accept a Surrender upon Terms of the Lands, Privileges, and Rights of "The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay" and for admitting the same into the Dominion of Canada.
Citation	31 & 32 Vict. c. 105
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	31 July 1868
Commencement	31 July 1868
Repealed	9 June 1893
Other legislation Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 Relates to Deed of Surrender
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Canada, prior to receiving Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory

Canada after receiving Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory. Manitoba is also created as a province, simultaneously.

The Rupert's Land Act 1868(31 & 32 Vict. c. 105) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom authorising the transfer of Rupert's Land from the control of the Hudson's Bay Company to the Dominion of Canada. Often confused with the Deed of Surrender, the act is different as it only expressed that the United Kingdom and Canada permitted the transfer but did not settle on the details of exchange with HBC which were then outlined in the deed.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 14), which came into force on 9 June 1893.

See also

• Legislation creating the three Canadian provinces that had been part of Rupert's Land:
  • Manitoba Act, 1870
  • Alberta Act 1905
  • Saskatchewan Act 1905
• Deed of Surrender 1870

External links

• Text of the Rupert's Land Act 1868 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.