1Short title
This Act may be cited as the Returned Servicemen’s Badges Act 1953.
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Bill homepageThis Act may be cited as the Returned Servicemen’s Badges Act 1953.
In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise —
financial member means a member of the League who has paid and continues to pay annually the subscription required by the League 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 three months after having become due;
the League means The Returned and Services League of Australia WA Branch Incorporated;
returned serviceman’s badge means a badge of the kind issued by the League for the purpose of indicating that the wearer is a member of the League.
[Section 2 amended: No. 47 of 2011 s. 17.]
A person who is not a financial member of the League shall not wear, or, without lawful excuse, have in his possession any returned serviceman’s badge.
A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: For a first offence, a sum not exceeding ten pounds, and for a subsequent offence, a sum not exceeding twenty‑five pounds.
Proceedings for offences against this Act shall be heard and determined summarily.
1. This is a compilation of the Returned Servicemen’s Badges Act 1953 and includes all amendments effected by the other Acts referred to in the following Table.
Short title | Number and year | Assent | Commencement |
|---|---|---|---|
Returned Servicemen’s Badges Act 1953 | 21 of 1953 | 7 Dec 1953 | 7 Dec 1953 |
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 17 | 47 of 2011 | 25 Oct 2011 | 26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b)) |
N.B. [Affected by No. 58 of 1967.]
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined term Provision(s)
financial member 2
returned serviceman’s badge 2
the League 2