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 ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
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 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 1689 ⓘ
linked to: Mutiny Act