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Padlock Law

Que., Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1946
Urged on by many among his own people, by strong pressure, it may be assumed, from certain circle[s] in the church, and nothing loath himself, Mr. Duplessis enacted, in 1937, the notorious "Padlock Law." Under its authority the Attorney-General could, without court action, close for one year premises suspected of being used to propagate "communism" (the word was not defined).
1958
Provincial legislation which remained in effect for some years [included] the Quebec Padlock Law of 1937 (it was found to be ultra vires by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1957). . . .