Malawi
Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Act
Chapter 31:02
- Commenced on 28 December 1946
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2014.]
- [Note: This version of the Act was revised and consolidated in the Fifth Revised Edition of the Laws of Malawi (L.R.O. 1/2018), by the Solicitor General and Secretary for Justice under the authority of the Revision of the Laws Act.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—“the Association” means the Boy Scouts Association incorporated in England under the Royal Charter granted on the 4th January, 1912;“boy scout” means a boy scout recognized as such under the constitution, by-laws, or rules of the Association, and includes also all officers of the Association;“Commissioner” means the person holding or acting in the office of Chief Commissioner of Boy Scouts for Malawi.3. Restriction on use of uniform, etc., of the Boy Scouts Association
It shall not be lawful for any person, not being under the by-laws or rules of the Association duly authorized and entitled so to do, publicly to wear, carry, or bear any uniform, badge, token, or emblem which under the said by-laws or rules are specifically adopted for use under the authority of the Association or which could reasonably be held to be an imitation of the same in such style or manner as to convey an impression that such person is under the said by-laws or rules entitled so to wear, carry, or bear such uniform, badge, token or emblem.4. Restriction on sale of badges, etc., of Association
No person shall sell or offer for sale any article bearing a badge, token, or emblem specifically adopted for use under the authority of the Association, or which could reasonably be held to be an imitation of the same, unless he shall have first submitted such article to the inspection of the Commissioner and shall have obtained authority from him in writing so to do.5. Boy scout not to pass himself off as police officer, etc.
6. No person falsely to claim connexion with Boy Scouts Association
It shall not be lawful for any person to form, organize, or work in connexion with, or to be concerned in forming, organizing, or in work in connexion with any corps or body which without due authority granted under the Royal Charter of the Association claim or purport to be boy scouts or otherwise to be connected with the Association, or which hold themselves out as, or pass themselves off as, boy scouts, or as otherwise connected with the Association.7. Penalties
Any person wilfully contravening any of the provisions of this Act shall be liable to a fine of £10 and to imprisonment for one month, and it shall be lawful for the court to order the forfeiture of any such uniform, badge, token or emblem, as mentioned in sections 3 and 4, in respect of which an offence has been committed and a conviction recorded.8. Application of Act to Girl Guides Association
This Act shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Girl Guides Association incorporated in England under Royal Charter.History of this document
31 December 2014 this version
Consolidation
28 December 1946
Commenced