3Unauthorised wearing of badges

3 Unauthorised wearing of badges

3 Unauthorised wearing of badges

(1) A person shall not, without lawful excuse, wear:

(a) a badge of a kind issued by a discharged servicemen’s association for the purpose of indicating that a person is a member of that association, unless he is a member of that association, or

(b) a badge, not being a badge referred to in paragraph (a), similar to such a badge or so nearly similar thereto as to be likely to deceive.

(2) Where a person who has been, but by reason only of his failure to pay to a discharged servicemen’s association any moneys payable under the rules of that association, has ceased to be, a member of that association, would be guilty of an offence arising under paragraph (a) of subsection (1), he shall not be guilty of that offence by reason of his wearing a badge of a kind issued by that association unless:

(a) he has been served, in the manner provided by those rules, with notice of his failure to pay those moneys, and

(b) he has failed to pay those moneys within the time specified in the notice or, where no time is so specified, within one month after the notice has been so served.