Copy of the Defence of the Realm Consolidation
Act, 27 November 1914.
The original Defence of the Realm Act (DORA), which became law on 8 August
1914, was little more than a paragraph long. This second revised and expanded
version of the emergency legislation outlines a wider range of possible
wartime offences against the British state. Trial by courts martial, for
example, was now authorised for anyone contravening regulations designed
- with suitable vagueness - 'to prevent the spread of false reports or reports
likely to cause disaffection to His Majesty'. DORA was extended a further
three times during the conflict.
Catalogue reference: MUN 5/19/221/8 (Nov 1914)
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