be liable to modification by the courts Unlike the 1804 French Civil Code, with its revolutionary ideals, the Civil Code of Lower Canada reflected the conservative, family-oriented values of the largely rural (and mostly francophone) society of 19th-century Quebec, as well as the economic liberalism of the burgeoning commercial and industrial (and primarily anglophone) élites concentrated in Montreal. In structure and style, the Code reflected the 1804 French Code very closely. Nevertheless, it rejected major elements of the French Code which were new law (since 1763 or 1789) and socially unacceptable to most Québécois (notably divorce), while maintaining elements of the pre-revolutionary French law (e.g. the fideicommissary substitution). Although most of the original draft of the code was done in French (subsequently translated into English), all of Book Fourth and most of Book Third were originally drafted in English. In order to deal with any potential conflicts between the French and English texts, Article 2615 of the Code stated: In 1922, Francis Alexander Anglin, in addressing the Junior Bar of Quebec on the impact of the Code, observed: Replacement From 1888 to 1979, the Code was amended to reflect the various social and commercial changes occurring within Quebec society. In 1890, the Parliament of Canada ousted articles 22792354 of the Code with the passage of the Bills of Exchange Act. Work commenced in 1955 on the revision of the Civil Code of Lower Canada, which eventually led to the passing of a new civil code by the National Assembly of Quebec on 8 December 1991, which came into force as the Civil Code of Quebec on 1 January 1994. The repeal of the CCLC did not affect those provisions that affected areas within federal jurisdiction, which continued to be in force in Quebec (insofar as they had not been displaced by other federal Acts) until they were finally repealed by the Parliament of Canada on 1 June 2001. The same legislation also provided framework provisions relating to marriage in the Province, that were "to be interpreted as though they formed part of the Civil Code of Québec." Notes and references Notes References Bibliography Charles Chamilly de Lorimier et Charles Albert Vilbon, La bibliothèque du Code civil de la province de Québec (1885), Cadieux & Derome Pierre-Basile Mignault, Le Droit civil canadien basé sur les « Répétitions écrites sur le code civil » de Frédéric Mourlon avec revue de la jurisprudence