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BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE UNIFORM ACT 1919

BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE UNIFORM ACT 1919 - LONG TITLE

An Act to make provision with respect to the British Mercantile
Marine Uniform.
[19th August 1919]

WHEREAS by an order dated the fourth day of September, nineteen
hundred and eighteen, His Majesty in Council was pleased to
prescribe a uniform to be worn by the British mercantile marine
(which uniform, and any other or further uniform which may hereafter
be prescribed by Order in Council in connection with the British
mercantile marine, is in this Act referred to as the British
mercantile marine uniform):

And Whereas it is expedient to prohibit the wearing of such uniform
by unauthorised persons, and to make such other provisions in
relation thereto as are hereinafter contained:

BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE UNIFORM ACT 1919 - SECT 1
Prohibition against improper use of uniform.

1.(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, he shall be guilty of an offence
and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five
pounds, or, if he wears it in such a manner or under such
circumstances as to be likely to bring contempt on the uniform, to
a fine not exceeding ten pounds or to imprisonment ... for a 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 performance if the
uniform is not worn in such a manner or under such circumstances
as to bring it into contempt.

(2) If any person entitled to wear the British mercantile marine
uniform when aboard a ship in port or on shore appears dressed
partly in uniform and partly not in uniform under 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 be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding five pounds.

BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE UNIFORM ACT 1919 - SECT 2
Copyright in distinctive marks of the uniform.

2. Where the Board of Trade have, whether before or after the
passing of this Act, registered under Part II of the Patents and
Designs Act, 1907, any design forming part of the British mercantile
marine uniform, the Board of Trade shall, notwithstanding anything in
section fifty-three of that Act, have a perpetual copyright in the
design so long as it remains on the register.

BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE UNIFORM ACT 1919 - SECT 3
Short title.

3. This Act may be cited as the British Mercantile Marine Uniform
Act, 1919.