| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the better Prevention and Punishment of Attempts to seduce Persons serving in His Majesty’s Forces by Sea or Land from their Duty and Allegiance to His Majesty, or to incite them to Mutiny or Disobedience. |
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| Citation | 37 Geo. 3. c. 70 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 June 1797 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998, Schedule 1, Part I, Group 2 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Allegiance of Sea and Land Forces Act 1817 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An act to revive and make perpetual Two Acts of the Thirty-seventh Year of His present Majesty, the one in the Parliament of Great Britain, and the other in the Parliament of Ireland, for the better Prevention and Punishment of Attempts to seduce Persons serving in His Majesty's Forces by Sea or Land from their Duty and Allegiance to His Majesty, or to incite them to Mutiny or Disobedience. |
| Citation | 57 Geo. 3. c. 7 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 17 March 1817 |
| Commencement | 17 March 1817 |
| Repealed | 5 August 1873 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1873 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797 (37 Geo. 3. c. 70) was an Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. The Act was passed in the aftermath of the Spithead and Nore mutinies and aimed to prevent the seduction of sailors and soldiers to commit mutiny.[2]
The Act was made permanent by the Allegiance of Sea and Land Forces Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 7).
The Parliament of Ireland passed an equivalent Act in the same year: the Incitement to Disaffection Act (Ireland) 1797 (37 Geo. 3. c. 40 (I)).[3]
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the First Schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ John Ehrman, The Younger Pitt. The Consuming Struggle (London: Constable, 1996), p. 29.
- ^ It is referred to in the preamble to the Punishment of Offences Act 1837: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1837/91/pdfs/ukpga_18370091_en.pdf and in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998