Mutiny Act

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The Mutiny Act was a series of annual laws passed by the British Parliament from the late 17th century that regulated military discipline, particularly addressing mutiny and desertion, and effectively ensured parliamentary control over the standing army.

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Mutiny Act canonical 1
Mutiny Act 1689 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
British statute
appliesTo British Army
soldiers in British service
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
effect limited the duration of military law to one year unless renewed
made desertion a specific military offence
made mutiny a specific military offence
enactedBy Parliament of England
Parliament of Great Britain
British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
ensured parliamentary control over the standing army
followedBy Army Act 1881
governs relationship between Parliament and the army
hasPart clauses limiting duration of the standing army
provisions for capital punishment for mutiny
provisions for courts-martial
provisions for punishment of desertion
historicalPeriod 18th century
19th century
late 17th century
influenced development of modern British military law
jurisdiction England
Great Britain
United Kingdom
language English
legalArea constitutional law
military law
legalForm annual act
legalStatus expired
mainSubject desertion
military discipline
mutiny
reasonForEnactment to prevent the Crown from maintaining a standing army without parliamentary consent
to provide a legal basis for military discipline in peacetime
regulates discipline in the standing army
punishment for desertion
punishment for mutiny
relatedTo English Bill of Rights
surface form: Bill of Rights 1689

civil–military relations in Britain
standing army controversy in England
repealedBy Army Act 1881
startTime 1689
temporalQualification renewed annually by Parliament
typeOfSanction capital punishment
corporal punishment
imprisonment

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Convention Parliament of 1689 significantAct Mutiny Act
this entity surface form: Mutiny Act 1689