Army Act 1911

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The Army Act 1911 was a key piece of British legislation that governed the organization, discipline, and legal framework of the British Army in the early 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Army Act 1911 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesTo British Army ⓘ
basedOn earlier Army Acts of the United Kingdom ⓘ
containsProvisionsOn absence without leave ⓘ
conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline ⓘ
military offences such as desertion ⓘ
mutiny and insubordination ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enforcedBy military authorities of the British Army ⓘ
enforcedThrough courts-martial ⓘ
summary military proceedings ⓘ
field defence law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
governs regular forces of the British Army ⓘ
reserve forces of the British Army ⓘ
governsStatusOf officers of the British Army ⓘ
other ranks of the British Army ⓘ
hasJurisdiction British colonies and garrisons where applicable ⓘ
England and Wales ⓘ
Ireland (pre-partition) ⓘ
linked to: Ireland

Scotland ⓘ
hasPurpose to define offences and penalties applicable to army personnel ⓘ
to provide a comprehensive statutory basis for the administration of the British Army ⓘ
to regulate discipline and conduct of soldiers ⓘ
inForceDuring First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

interwar period (with amendments) ⓘ
pre–First World War period ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain military discipline ⓘ
military justice ⓘ
military law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf British military law framework ⓘ
regulates command and control within the British Army ⓘ
courts-martial procedures ⓘ
enlistment in the British Army ⓘ
offences by members of the British Army ⓘ
punishments for military offences ⓘ
terms of service of soldiers ⓘ
relatedTo Army Act 1881 ⓘ
subsequent Army Acts and amendments ⓘ
relevantFor First World War era British Army ⓘ
subjectMatter discipline in the British Army ⓘ
legal framework for the British Army ⓘ
organization of the British Army ⓘ
temporalContext early 20th century ⓘ
typeOfLaw statutory law ⓘ

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Manual of Military Law → basedOn → Army Act 1911 ⓘ