Foreign Enlistment Act
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Foreign Enlistment Act, 59 Geo. 3, c. 69 (as to which see Burton v. Pinkerton, (1867) LR 2 Ex 340), repealed and replaced by the Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 90), passed to 'regulate the conduct of the Majesty's subjects during the existence of hostilities between foreign states with which her majesty is at peace.' by s. 4 of this Act, if any British subject accepts any engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any foreign state at peace with the Crown,
he is punishable by fine and imprisonment or either; and by s. 11, if any person within the
British Dominions 'prepares or fits out any naval or military expedition to proceed against the dominions of any friendly state,' such person and any persons employed in any capacity in any such expedition are similarly punishable. In Reg. v. Jameson, (1896) 2 QB 425, many persons were tried and convicted for an offence against s. 11 in making an armed incursion into the Transvaal in South Africa. See also Treaties of Washington Act, 1922, ss. 1-3, as to further restrictions respecting the building or equipment of ships of war.
he is punishable by fine and imprisonment or either; and by s. 11, if any person within the
British Dominions 'prepares or fits out any naval or military expedition to proceed against the dominions of any friendly state,' such person and any persons employed in any capacity in any such expedition are similarly punishable. In Reg. v. Jameson, (1896) 2 QB 425, many persons were tried and convicted for an offence against s. 11 in making an armed incursion into the Transvaal in South Africa. See also Treaties of Washington Act, 1922, ss. 1-3, as to further restrictions respecting the building or equipment of ships of war.
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