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This Act may be cited as the Ex-Servicemen's Badges Act 1967 .
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Tasmania act
This Act restricts the wearing and possession of ex‑servicemen’s association badges to “financial members” of associations that have been declared by proclamation. Non‑members may not wear or, without a lawful excuse, possess an association’s badge and face a criminal penalty (small fines) if they do. The Act defines who counts as a financial member (including a three‑month grace for unpaid subscriptions) and leaves association status to proclamation, so associations effectively determine eligible wearers while non‑members bear the compliance and fine risk.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Ex-Servicemen's Badges Act 1967.
This Act may be cited as the Ex-Servicemen's Badges Act 1967 .
In 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.
(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.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This Act may be cited as the Ex-Servicemen's Badges Act 1967 .
In 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.
(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.