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Certain Mutinous Crews Act 1797

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Certain Mutinous Crews Act 1797
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for more effectually restraining Intercourse with the Crews of certain of His Majesty's Ships now in a State of Mutiny and Rebellion and for the more effectual Suppression of such Mutiny and Rebellion.
Citation37 Geo. 3. c. 71
Dates
Royal assent6 June 1797
Repealed21 August 1871
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Certain Mutinous Crews Act 1797 (37 Geo. 3. c. 71) was an Act passed by the British Parliament. The Act was passed in the aftermath of the Spithead and Nore mutinies and declared that those mutineers who refused to surrender were rebels and aimed to restrict intercourse with the mutinous ships upon pain of death.[1][2]

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  1. ^ R. A. Melikan (1999). John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751–1838. The Duty of Loyalty. Cambridge University Press. p. 125.
  2. ^ John Ehrman (1996). The Younger Pitt. The Consuming Struggle. London: Constable. p. 29.
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