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Padlock Law Que., Hist. 
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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). . . .
- 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).