Short title.
Interpreta tion.
Distribution of Badges.
Unauthorised possession of Badges.
Possession of
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tion and is governed by a General Committee known as the Hong Kong General Committee of the St. John Ambulance Association AND WHEREAS in the year 1916 a District of the said St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas was establish- ed in the Colony of Hong Kong and is now known as The Hong Kong District of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Over- seas and is carried on under the general regulations of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the St. John Ambulance Ordinance, 1934.
2. In this Ordinance :-
(a) "The Order" means the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.
(b) The Association means the Hong Kong Branch of the St. John Ambulance Association.
(c) "The Brigade" means the Hong Kong District of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.
3. No person, other than the Association or the Brigade, shall distribute or sell or expose for sale
(a) any badge, token or emblem specifically adopted for use of the Association or the Brigade.
(b) any badge, token or emblem containing the words "St John Ambulance Association" or "St. John Ambulance Brigade" or any similar token or emblem
4. No person shall, except with the authority of the Order, Association or Brigade or with other lawful authority or lawful excuse, have in his possession
(a) any badge, token or emblem specifically adopted by the Order, Association or Brigade for the use by members thereof, or
(b) any badge, token or emblem containing the words "St. John Ambulance Association" or "St. John Ambulance Brigade".
5. No person shall without lawful authority or excuse Unauthorised have in his possession :-
Badges.
(a) any device which so closely resembles. any badge, token or emblem specifically adopted by the Order, Associa tion or Brigade for use by members thereof as to lead to the belief that the device in question is such badge, token or emblem, or
(b) any badge, token or emblem containing any words or characters so closely resembling any words or characters ordinarily used to describe any member of the Order. Association or Brigade as to be calculated to deceive or
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