Ex-Servicemen's Badges Act 1967 (TAS)

Ex-Servicemen's Badges Act 1967

An Act to prohibit the unauthorized use or possession of membership badges issued by ex-servicemen's associations

[Royal Assent 20 December 1967]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Ex-Servicemen’s Badges Act 1967 . 2InterpretationIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – association means an ex-servicemen’s association declared by proclamation to be an association to which this Act applies; ex-servicemen’s badge means a badge of the kind issued by an association for the purpose of indicating that the wearer is a member of that association; financial member means a member of an association who has paid and continues to pay annually the subscription required by that association to be paid by its members, and includes a member who has not paid such subscription except where such subscription remains unpaid at the expiration of a period of 3 months after having become due. 3Unauthorized use or possession of badges (1) No person who is not a financial member of an association shall wear, or, without lawful excuse, have in his possession, an ex-servicemen’s badge of that association. (2)  [Section 3 Subsection (2) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:  For a first offence, a fine not exceeding 1 penalty unit; for a subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding 3 penalty units.