![]() 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. Today the Army Act 1955 defines mutiny as follows: This, in turn, was replaced by the Army Act in 1881. 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. In 1689, the first Mutiny Act was passed, passing the responsibility to enforce discipline within the military to Parliament. Until 1689, mutiny was regulated in the United Kingdom by Articles of War, instituted by the monarch and effective only in a period of war. ![]() Mutiny is typically thought of only in a shipboard context, but many countries' laws make no such distinction, and there have been many notable mutinies on land. ![]() ![]() Most countries still punish mutiny with particularly harsh penalties, sometimes even the death penalty. ![]()
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