Police Act 1964 (ACT)

195	Police	N o . 2.
P O L I C E

No. 2 of 1964.

An Ordinance to amend the Police Ordinance

1927-1960.

1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Police short title

Ordinance 1964.* and citation.

(2 . ) The Police Ordinance 1927-1960,t as amended by

this Ordinance, may be cited as the Police Ordinance	1927-1964.
2 . Section thirteen of the Police Ordinance	1927-1960 is Personating
amended by inserting after sub-section (1 . ) the following police force	an offence.
sub-section:—
" ( 1 A . ) A person who, not being a member of the police force of a State or of a Territory of the Commonwealth other than the Australian Capital Terri tory—

(a) personates or passes himself off as a member of such

a police force; or

(b) wears or displays any uniform or badge of a member of such a police force, any colourable imitation of such a uniform or badge, or any uniform or badge so closely resembling such a uniform or badge as to be likely to deceive,

shall be guilty of an offence.".

* Made on 17 February, 1964; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette and commenced on

27 February, 1964.

t Ordinance No. 19, 1927, as amended by No. 14, 1930; No. 18, 1932; No. 23, 1934; Nos. 25 and 35, 1938; No. 14, 1943; Nos. 5 and 9, 1947; No. 8, 1950; No. 5, 1954; No. 5, 1955; No. 19, 1956; No. 2, 1958; No. 21, 1959; and No. 3, 1960.

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