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A BILL

INTITULED

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.

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 Short title. Souvenirs Ordinance, 1936.

tion.

2. In this

this Ordinance the expression "Coronation Interpreta- 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, Prohibi sell, or expose for or have in his possession for sale, any etc., of Coronation Souvenir unless the same, or the container in which Coronation Souvenirs, it is sold or intended to be sold, shall bear a mark or trade before 1st description showing clearly the place or country in which it June, 1937, has been made or produced.

unless clearly marked with place or country of origin.

4. Every person who contravenes any provision of Penalty. 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.

Objects and Reasons.

1. The object of this Bill is to prevent the sale before the 1st June, 1937, of Coronation Souvenirs, which do not bear a mark or trade description showing clearly the place or country of origin.

2. Legislation on these lines has been suggested by the Secretary of State.

3. False trade descriptions are punishable under the Merchandise Marks Ordinances, No. 4 of 1890, No. 2 of 1934 and No. 38 of 1934.

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

November 1936