This act made provision and offered guidance as regards how the British Government would determine that the First World War had come to an end.

Discretion was granted to His Majesty in Council to issue orders, which would legally determine the matter.

This meant that the Territorials serving in India would be required to remain there until the war itself had ended.

This was a particular concern to the lorry drivers of the Royal Army Service Corps, 600 of whom promptly went on strike in Karachi, and refused to entrain for departure to the North West Frontier.

Brigadier General William Anderson at first proposed to imprison the strikers and send them back to Great Britain.