National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939

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The National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 was a UK law that introduced full wartime conscription for military service at the outset of the Second World War.

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Generate an image of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 (The National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 was a UK law that introduced full wartime conscription for military service at the outset of the Second World War.)

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National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 canonical 3

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom legislation ⓘ
appliedDuring Second World War in the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesIn United Kingdom home front during World War II ⓘ
appliesTo male British subjects ⓘ
belongsTo corpus of British wartime emergency legislation ⓘ
category United Kingdom military law ⓘ
World War II legislation of the United Kingdom ⓘ
context Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enablingPowerFor compulsory enlistment into the armed forces ⓘ
field military conscription law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
geographicScope Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
historicalPeriod World War II era ⓘ
introducedBy Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
isPartOf United Kingdom conscription laws ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalEffect imposed compulsory military service on eligible civilians ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
Northern Ireland law ⓘ
Scots law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
purpose to introduce full wartime conscription for military service ⓘ
regulates obligations of civilians to serve in the armed forces during wartime ⓘ
relatedTo Military Training Act 1939 ⓘ
National Service Act 1948 ⓘ
replacedPolicy peacetime limited conscription arrangements in the UK ⓘ
shortTitle National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 ⓘ
status historic legislation ⓘ
subjectMatter conscription ⓘ
military service ⓘ
triggeredBy outbreak of the Second World War ⓘ
typeOfService armed forces service ⓘ
warTimeMeasure true ⓘ
yearEnacted 1939 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Military Training Act 1939 → repealedBy → National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 ⓘ
Military Training Act 1939 → relatedTo → National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 ⓘ
National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 → shortTitle → National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 ⓘ