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No. 4. THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1895
ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1895.
A.D. 1895. AN ORDINANCE to regulate and restrict the Wearing of Naval and Military Uniforms.
Ordinance No. 10 of 1895.
Short title.
Interpretation of term.
57 & 58 Vict. c. 45 s. 4.
No. 4 of 1893.
Prohibition of person not serving in Military Forces wearing military uniform.
Ib. s. 2.
Punishment of person bringing contempt on naval or military uniform. Ib. s. 3.
[29th May, 1895] BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Uniforms Ordinance, 1895
2. In this Ordinance the expression "Her Majesty's Military Forces" means the regular forces, and any officer or volunteer defined by the Volunteer Ordinance, 1893.
3.-(1.) It shall not be lawful for any person within the Colony, not serving in Her Majesty's Military Forces, to wear the uniform of any of those forces, or any dress having the appearance or bearing any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of any such uniform: Provided that this enactment shall not prevent-
(a.) a member of a band from wearing at or for the purpose of a public performance by the band, at any time within three years after the commencement of this Ordinance, any dress which, at the commencement of this Ordinance, is the recognized uniform of the band, unless the dress is an exact imitation of the uniform of any of Her Majesty's Military Forces; or
(b) any person from wearing any uniform or dress in the course of a stage play performed in a place in which the public performance of stage plays is permitted, or in the course of a music hall or circus performance, or in the course of any bona fide military representation.
(2.) Every person who contravenes this section shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
4. If any person not serving within the Colony in Her Majesty's Naval or Military Forces wears the uniform of any of those forces, or any dress having the appearance or bearing any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of any such uniform, in such a manner or under such circumstances as to be likely to bring contempt upon that uniform or employs any other person so to wear that uniform or dress, he shall on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding...