12Power of Governor to make orders-in-council protecting badges, uniforms, &c.

12 Power of Governor to make orders-in-council protecting badges, uniforms, &c.

(1)  The Governor may, by order-in-council made on the application of the corporation, protect –

(a) the name of the Association, corporation, or branch;

(b) any special name or designation specified in the order and used by the Association, corporation, or branch for the members thereof, or for the members of any other council, committee, or local branch of the Association in this State;

(c) any uniform with distinctive markings or badges used by the Association, corporation, or branch and specified in the order-in-council;

(d) any badge to be worn without uniform used by the Association, corporation, or branch and specified in the order-in-council; and

(e) any guide standards or guide flags customarily used or displayed by the Association, corporation, or branch for the members thereof.

(2)  The corporation shall, when making application for the protection of a uniform, forward with the application a sample of the material to be used in the uniform, and a detailed description thereof in respect of both form and colour so as to clearly indicate the precise extent and limits of the protection sought in the application.

(3)  The corporation shall cause notice of an application under this section to be given in such manner, and containing such particulars, as the Minister may direct.

(4)  A person who is affected, or who is likely to be capable of being affected, by the subject-matter of an application under this section may, within the time specified in that behalf in the notice of the application, forward an objection, in writing, to the Minister for his consideration.

(5)  The Minister shall cause each order-in-council under this section to be laid on the table of each House of Parliament within the first 7 sitting days of the House after the order has been made.

(6)  If either House of Parliament passes a resolution, within 7 sitting days after an order-in-council is laid before it, declaring that the order should be annulled, the Governor may annul the order, and thereupon the order shall be void, except as regards anything done thereunder before the making of the order.

(7)  An order-in-council under this section may be amended or revoked by a subsequent order-in-council.