1160 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 31, 1936.
HONG KONG.
No. 59 or 1936.
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I assent.
L. S.
A. CALDECOTT,
Governor.
Short title.
Interpreta- tion.
Prohibition of sale, etc., of Coronation Souvenirs, before 1st June, 1937, unless clearly marked with place or country of origin.
31st December, 1936.
An Ordinance to prohibit the sale, exposing for sale and the possession for sale, before the 1st June, 1937, of Coronation Souvenirs without a clear indication of their origin.
[31st December, 1936.]
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 Coronation Souvenirs Ordinance, 1936.
2. In this
this Ordinance the expression "Coronation Souvenir" means any article, suitable for use for or in connection with the celebration or commemoration of the Coronation of His Majesty the King or as a souvenir thereof, being an article which consists of or bears a representation of His Majesty, or of any member of the Royal Family, or of any Royal emblem, standard, cipher, arms, token or device, or of the Union Flag or Jack, or of the flag or badge of any part of the British Empire, or which bears any other mark or device which renders it suitable for use as aforesaid.
3. No person shall before the 1st day of June, 1937, sell, or expose for or have in his possession for sale, any Coronation Souvenir unless the same, or the container in which it is sold or intended to be sold, shall bear a mark or trade description showing clearly the place or country in which it has been made or produced.
Penalty.
4. Every person who contravenes any provision of section 3 shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprison- ment for any term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and to forfeiture of the Coronation Souvenir in question.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong this 30th day of December, 1936.
T. MEGARRY, Deputy Clerk of Councils.