FOR LIMITING THE TIME OF SERVICE IN THE ARMY; [Passed 21st June 1847.] AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT FOR LIMITING THE AN ACT TO REVIVE AND CONTINUE AN ACT EXTRACT FROM AN ACT TO SUBSTITUTE, IN CERTAIN CASES, OTHER PUNISHMENT IN LIEU OF TRANSPORTATION; [Passed 20th August 1853.] AND AN ACT FOR PUNISHING MUTINY AND DESERTION, AND FOR [Passed 31st March 1860.] TOGETHER WITH RULES AND ARTICLES OF WAR. PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, 1860. A 2 ANNO DECIMO & UNDECIMO VICTORIA REGINA. CAP. XXXVII. An Act for limiting the Time of Service in the Army. WH [21st June 1847.] HEREAS it is expedient to amend the System of Enlistment now in use in Her Majesty's Land Forces: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That after the passing of this After passAct no Person shall be enlisted to serve ing of this Her Majesty, or in the Forces of the East Act the India Company, as a Soldier for a longer Enlistment Term than Ten Years in the Infantry, or for a Soldier Twelve Years in the Cavalry, or Artillery, limited. or other Ordnance Corps, to be reckoned Period for |