Officers' Commissions Act 1862

{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}}

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| short_title = Officers' Commissions Act 1862{{efn|name=st|reference=The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.}}

| type = Act

| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom

| long_title = An Act to enable Her Majesty to issue Commissions to the Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces and Royal Marines, and to Adjutants and Quartermasters of Her Militia and Volunteer Forces, without affixing Her Royal Sign Manual thereto.

| year = 1862

| citation = 25 & 26 Vict. c. 4

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| territorial_extent = United Kingdom

| royal_assent = 11 April 1862

| commencement = 11 April 1862{{efn|The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.}}

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| amendments = {{ubli|Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55)|Defence (Transfer of Functions) (No.1) Order 1964 (SI 1964/488)}}

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| status = Amended

| original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/25-26/4/enacted

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The Officers' Commissions Act 1862{{efn|name=st}} (25 & 26 Vict. c. 4) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The act provided that any officer's commission in the British Army could be issued without the royal sign-manual, provided that it was signed by a principal secretary of state and the commander in chief, or an appropriate officer depending on the specific branch of service. For the Royal Marines, a signature from the Admiralty was required.Manual of Military Law, War Office. 6th edition, 1914.