The City of London Militia Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 3) or Militia Act 1662 is an act of the Parliament of England which codified the power of [lord-]lieutenants of places in England and Wales to raise the militia. In practice, most lieutenancy areas were counties, but the 1662 act made exemptions for the Constable of the Tower and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports to act as lieutenants within their jurisdictions (the Tower Hamlets and Confederation of Cinque Ports respectively).
Subsequent development Most provisions of the act were implicitly repealed by subsequent Militia Acts.
Sections 19, 22, and 23 of the act, and the whole of the act except so far as it relates to the respective Militias of the City of London, Tower Hamlets and the Cinque Ports, were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125), which came into force on 28 July 1863.
The Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 37) repealed the whole act except for section 1 in relation to the Lord Lieutenant of the City of London and section 26 in relation to levying rates for the City of London Militia.
The restricted scope of its remaining provisions was reflected in the official short title City of London Militia Act 1662 assigned in 1948.
Section 1 was repealed by the Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9).
, section 26 as amended remains in force in England and Wales.
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