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520 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 2, 1927.

No. 709.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the KING, to the following Ordi- nance passed by the Legislative Council :

Ordinance No. 22 of 1927.-An Ordinance to further and protect the activities of the Boy Scouts Association, and to incorporate the Hong Kong Branch thereof.

HONG KONG.

No. 22 OF 1927.

L.S.

I assent.

W. T. SOUTHORN,

Short title.

Interpreta- tion.

Distribution of badges.

Unauthorized possession

of badges.

Officer Administering the Government.

2nd December, 1927.

An Ordinance to further and protect the activities of the Boy Scouts Association, and to incorporate the Hong Kong Branch thereof.

[2nd December, 1927.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. The Ordinance may be cited as the Boy Scouts Association Ordinance, 1927.

2. In this Ordinance :-

means the

(a) "The Boy Scouts Association Boy Scouts Association incorporated by Royal Charter dated the 4th day of January, 1912.

(b) "Boy Scout" includes Wolf Cub, Boy Scout, Sea Scout, Rover Scout, Lone Scout and Rover Sea Scout, recognized as such under the rules of the Boy Scouts Association, and also all persons recognized as officers under the rules of the Boy Scouts Association.

3. No person other than the Boy Scouts Association, Hong Kong Branch, shall distribute or sell or expose

for sale:

(a) any badge, token or emblem specifically adopted by the Boy Scouts Association for use by boy scouts, or

(1) any badge, token or emblem containing the word “Scout" or the characters "I”.

4. No person shall, except with the authority of the Boy Scouts Association or of the Boy Scouts Association, Hong Kong Branch, or with other lawful authority or lawful excuse, have in his possession :--

(a) any badge, token or emblem specifically adopted by the Boy Scouts Association for use by boy scouts, or

(b) any badge, token or emblem containing the word "Scout" or the characters “I”.