# Foreign Enlistment Act 1870, Section 29: Indemnity to Secretary of State or chief executive authority.


The Secretary of State shall not, nor shall the chief executive authority, be responsible in any action or other legal proceedings whatsoever for any warrant issued by him in pursuance of this Act, or be examinable as a witness, except at his own request, in any court of justice in respect of the circumstances which led to the issue of the warrant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/33-34/90/section/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-enlistment-act-1870/section-29
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