The Army Act: Printed with amendments down to and including those made by the National Service (Adaptation of enactments) (Military and Air Forces) Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949 No. 1844); prepared in the office of the Parliamentary Counsel to H.M. Treasury.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1949. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Wraps. xiii, [1], 144p, [2]., 25 cm. Marginal References to Statues indicate Acts and Satatutory Instruments by which amendments have been made. This Act, in the aftermath of the end of the Second World War and the on-set of the Cold War was intended to consolidate the Army Discipline and Regulation Act, 1879 and the subsequent Acts amending the same. This copy was owned by Henry I. Shaw, Jr., believed to be the same person who authored a number of military studies. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. In stiff card cover attached by tape to item. Bookplate inside front cover and inside front card cover.
Keywords: British Army, Military Justice, Military Service, Mutiny, Sedition, Disobedience, Insubordination, Desertion, Scandalous conduct, Military Discipline, Courts-Martial, Enlistment
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