Mutiny, East Indies Act 1840
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East India Company, and for providing for the Observance of Discipline in the Indian Navy, and to amend the Laws for regulating the Payment of Regimental Debts, and the Distribution of the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying in Service.
Citation3 & 4 Vict. c. 37
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom
Royal assent4 August 1840
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East India Company, and for providing for the Observance of Discipline in the Indian Navy, and to amend the Laws for regulating the Payment of Regimental Debts, and the Distribution of the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying in Service. |
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| Citation | 3 & 4 Vict. c. 37 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 4 August 1840 |
| Commencement | 1 January 1841[a] |
| Repealed | 9 August 1874 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | East India Company's Service Act 1823 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Mutiny, East Indies Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 37) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to mutiny and desertion of soldiers in the East India Company.[1]
Section 59 of the act repealed the East India Company's Service Act 1823 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 37).[2]