Mutiny Act 1703

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Mutiny Act 1703
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act for punishing Mutiny, Desertion, and false Musters; and for better paying of the Army and Quarters, and for satisfying divers Arrears; and for a further Continuance of the Powers of the Five Commissioners for examining and determining the Accompts of the Army.
Citation
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 3 April 1704
Commencement 9 November 1703 [c]
Repealed15 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Mutiny Act 1703 (2 & 3 Ann. c. 17) [a] was an act of the Parliament of England. Although as one of the Mutiny Acts its main purpose was to provide for the punishment of mutiny in the English Army and Royal Navy and other provisions for regulating the armed forces, it differed from other Mutiny Acts by providing (in section 34) for a new species of treason, which was committed by any officer or soldier who corresponded with any rebel or enemy without a licence to do so from the queen or from a general, lieutenant-general or "chief commander." Section 43 expressly provided that a defendant charged with that offence was to have the benefit of the safeguards in the Treason Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 3).

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Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

Notes

  1. 1 2 This is the citation in The Statutes of the Realm .
  2. This is the citation in The Statutes at Large .
  3. Start of session.

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