Militia (Scotland) (No. 2) Act 1803
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1803 c. 100 |
| Year | 1803 |
(43 Geo. 3) C A P. C.
[27th July 1803]
'WHEREAS by an Act made in this present Session of Parliament, intituled, Great Britain,raised under two Acts, passed in the forty-second Year of the Reign of this present Majesty, and for amending the said Acts , it is among other Things enacted, that every balloted Man to be enrolled to serve in the Militia of Great Britain should, previous to his Enrolment, be examined upon Oath before the Deputy Lieutenants as to his Residence, Age, and Family; and that if any Person should refuse to be examined as to his Fitness to serve in the Militia, such Person might be imprisoned for any Time not exceeding one Week: And whereas Doubts have arisen upon the true Construction of the said Act;' be it therefore enacted and declared by the King'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 every balloted Man who shall have been or shall hereafter be balloted to serve in the Militia ofGreat Britain , and who shall have refused or shall refuse to be examined upon Oath, as directed by the said Act, and shall have been or shall be imprisoned on account of refusing to be examined as to his Fitness to serve in the Militia, shall, notwithstanding, be liable to be enrolled to serve in the said Militia, if he shall appear to the Deputy-Lieutenants a proper Person to be so enrolled, in such and the like Manner, and under the like Penalties and Provisions as are enacted in any of the Militia Laws of Great Britain ; any Thing in the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
II Substitute, &c. five Feet two Inches high, sufficient.
II. And be it further enacted, that no Substitute or Volunteer offered for Service in the Militia ofGreat Britain , being of the full Height of five Feet two Inches, who shall be otherwise able bodied and sit for Service, shall be deemed unfit for Service, or be liable to be discharged an account of his Stature.
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