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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 403. The following Bills were read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 24th October, 1929 :

C.S.O 5 in 4303/29.

[No. 26-24.9.29.—2 }

A BILL

INTITULED

Short title.

Definition. 9 & 10

Geo. 5, c. 62, preamble.

Prohibition against improper use of uniform.

9 & 10

s. 1.

An Ordinance to make provisions with respect to the British Mercantile Marine Uniform.

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 British Mer- cantile Marine Uniform. Ordinance, 1929.

2. In this Ordinance, British mercantile marine uniform means the uniform prescribed by the Order of His Majesty in Council dated the 4th day of September, 1918, to be worn by the British mercantile marine, and any other uniform which may be prescribed by Order of His Majesty in Council to be worn by the British mercantile marine.

3.--(1) If any person not being entitled to wear the British mercantile marine uniform, wears that uniform or any part thereof, or any dress having the appearance or bearing any of the distinctive marks of that uniform, Geo. 5, c. 62, he shall upon summary conviction to liable to a fine not exceeding filty dollars, or, if he wears it in such a manner or in such circumstances as to be likely to bring contempt on the uniform, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month: Provided that this section shall not prevent any person from wearing any uniform or dress in the course or for the purposes of a stage play or representation, or a music-hall or circus per- formance, if the uniform is not worn in such a manner or in such circumstances as to bring it into contempt.

(2) If any person entitled to wear the British mer- cantile marine uniform when aboard a ship in port or on shore appears dressed partly in uniform and partly not in uniform in such circumstances as to be likely to bring contempt on the uniform, or, being entitled to wear the uniform appropriate to a particular rank or position, wears the uniform appropriate to some higher rank or position, he shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

Objects and Reasons.

The object of this bill is to prevent improper use of the British mercantile marine uniform. It is based on the British Mercantile Marine Uniform Act, 1919, 9 & 10 Geo. 5, s. 62.

20th August, 1929.

J. H. KEMP,

Attorney General.