Military Service Act 1916

Military Service Act 1916[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make provision with respect to Military Service in connexion with the present War.
Citation5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 104
Dates
Royal assent27 January 1916
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1927
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Military Service Act 1916[1] was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom during the First World War to impose conscription in Great Britain, but not in Ireland or any other British jurisdiction.

  1. ^ a b Short title as conferred by s. 4 of the Act; the modern convention for the citation of short titles omits the comma after the word "Act"