11 Facts About Mutiny

Mutiny is a revolt among a group of people to oppose, change, or overthrow an organization to which they were previously loyal.

Mutiny does not necessarily need to refer to a military force and can describe a political, economic, or power structure in which there is a change of power.

In 1689, the first Mutiny Act was approved, which passed the responsibility to enforce discipline within the military to Parliament.

The Mutiny Act, altered in 1803, and the Articles of War defined the nature and punishment of mutiny until the latter were replaced by the Army Discipline and Regulation Act in 1879.

Mutiny means a combination between two or more persons subject to service law, or between persons two at least of whom are subject to service law—.

That year, the first Mutiny Act was passed and the military forces of the crown were brought under the direct control of Parliament.

Mutiny Act of 1803 effected a great constitutional change in this respect: the power of the crown to make any Articles of War became altogether statutory, and the prerogative merged in the act of Parliament.

Such matters remained until 1879 when the last Mutiny Act was passed and the last Articles of War were promulgated.

The Mutiny Act legislated for offences in respect of which death or penal servitude could be awarded.

In 1879, a measure was passed into law consolidating in one act both the Mutiny Act and the Articles of War, and amending their provisions in certain important respects.

The Mutiny Act had been brought into force on each occasion for one year only, in compliance with the constitutional theory:.