BE it enacted by the Queen'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, as follows:

1. With respect to any Sentence of Penal Servitude passed after the passing of this Act under The Naval Discipline Act, 1864, Paragraph (4.) of Section Forty-nine of that Act shall have Effect as if the Words "not less than Five Years" were substituted therein for the Words "not less than Three Years."

2. This Act may be cited as The Naval Discipline Act Amendment Act, 1865.