ORDER OF ST. JOHN ORDINANCE

ORDER OF ST. JOHN ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

ORDER OF ST. JOHN ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 1047





CHAPTER 1047.

ORDER OF ST. JOHN.

To further and protect the activities in Hong Kong of the Vener-
able Order of St. John of Jerusalem and to incorporate the
Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and the Secretary of the Coun-
cil of the Order of St. John in Hong Kong for the time being
as Custodian Trustees.
[29th June, 1951.]

WHEREAS-

(a)the St. John Ambulance Association is a foundation of
an Order formerly designated the Grand Priory of the,
Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in Eng-
land, which was duly incorporated by a Charter granted
on the 14th day of May, 1888, by Her Late Majesty
Queen Victoria, and now designated the Grand Priory in
the British Realm, of the Venerable Order of the Hospital
of St. John of Jerusalem by virtue of a Charter granted
on the 12th day of June, 1926, by His Late Majesty King
George V;
(b)the Order since its incorporation has three foundations,
to wit-
The St. John Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem,
The St. John Ambulance Association, and
The St. John Ambulance Brigade;
(c)in the year 1884 a Branch of the said St. John Ambulance
Association was established in the Colony;
(d)in the year 1916 a District of the St. John Ambulance
Brigade was established in the Colony; and
(e)in the year 1949 a Council of the Order was established
in the Colony charged with the governance of the activi-
ties of the Order in the Colony in accordance with the
commands and regulations given by the Chapter-General
of the Order from time to time:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Order of St. John
Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance. unless the context otherwise requires-
'Association' means the St. John Ambulance Association in
Hong Kong,
'Brigade' means the St. John Ambulance Brigade in the Colony
and includes all ambulance. nursing and cadet divisions of
the Brigade in the Colony;

'Council' means the Hong Kong Council of the Order;





'Order' means the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the
Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.

3. No person, except with the authority of the Council, shall
distribute or sell or expose for sale-

(a)any badge, token or emblem specifically adopted for use
of the Order; or

(b)any badge, token or emblem containing the words 'St.
John Ambulance Association' or 'St. John Ambulance
Brigade' or any similar token or emblem.

4. No person shall, except with the authority of the Order
or of the Council or with other lawful authority or lawful excuse.
have in his possession-

(a)any badge, token or emblem specifically adopted by the
Order, Association or Brigade for the use of members
thereof; or

(b)any badge, token or emblem containing the words 'St.
John Ambulance Association' or 'St. John Ambulance
Brigade'.

5. No person shall without lawful authority or excuse have
in his possession-

(a)any device which so closely resembles any badge, token
or emblem specifically adopted by the Order, Associa-
tion or Brigade for use by members thereof as to lead
to the belief that the device in question is such badge,
token or emblem; or

(b)any badge, token or emblem containing any words or
characters so closely resembling any words or characters
ordinarily used to describe any member of the Order,
Association or Brigade as to be calculated to deceive or
mislead.

6. No member of the Order, Association or Brigade shall,
by virtue of his wearing, carrying or bearing any badge, token
or emblem of the Order, Association or Brigade or otherwise,
attempt to enforce or exercise authority otherwise than in accord-
ance with the Regulations of the Order or its authority.

7. (1) No person shall form, or work in connexion with.
or be a member of. any organization which without authority
from the Order, claims or purports to be the St. John Ambulance
Association or the St. John Ambulance Brigade. or any organiza-
tion, other than the Association or the Brigade, which uses the
title the St. John Ambulance Association or the St. John Ambu-
lance Brigade or the equivalent Chinese titles therefor or any tide





in any language, with or without additional words or characters, which
so closely resemble the St. John Ambulance Association or the St. John
Ambulance Brigade as to be calculated to deceive or mislead, or any
organization which, by the use of any such titles or otherwise, without
due authority, purports or claims to be connected with the Order, the
Association or the Brigade.

(2) No person shall, without the consent of the Governor in
Council, form or work in connexion with, or be a member of any
organization other than the Association or the Brigade, which carries on
or is intended to carry on any work of a similar nature to that carried on
by the Association or the Brigade.

(3) No person other than a member of the Brigade shall wear or use
any uniform or equipment of the Brigade.

(4) All uniform and equipment issued to members of the Brigade
are deemed to be the property of the corporation hereinafter defined
and every member of the Brigade on resigning or being dismissed from
the Brigade or otherwise ceasing to be a member thereof shall forthwith
deliver up the uniform and equipment issued to him to the officer in
charge of his division for return to the Equipment Officer of the Brigade.

8. Any person who contravenes sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two hundred and fifty
dollars.

9. (1) The Chairman for the time being of the Council, the Vice-
Chairman and the Secretary of the Council as the executive officers of
the Council are hereby incorporated under the name of 'The Executive
Officers of the Council of the Order of St. John in Hong Kong',
hereinafter called the corporation, and in that name may sue and be
sued in all courts in the Colony and shall and may have and use a
common seal.

(2) The purposes of the corporation shall be to hold all property in
the Colony both real and personal belonging to the Order.

(3) All real or chattel real property which may hereafter be acquired
by the Order shall be vested in the corporation.

(4) The corporation shall manage and dispose of the property
vested in it in accordance with the directions of the Council.

(5) As between the corporation and the Council and subject and
without prejudice to the rights of other persons the corporation shall
have the custody of all securities and documents of title relating to the
property of the Order, but the Council shall have free access thereto
and be entitled in respect of documents to take copies thereof or
extracts therefrom.





(6) When any disposition by the corporation is expressed
to be made by the authority or direction of the Council the title
of a purchaser shall not be impeachable on the ground that no
such authority or direction had in fact been given or that any
authority or direction was improperly carried out and a purchaser
shall not either before or on conveyance be concemed to make any
inquiry as to the authority of the corporation to make the dis-
position.

(7) All moneys payable to or out of the property in Hong
Kong of the Order shall be paid to or by the corporation:
Provided that the corporation may by direction of the Council
allow all rents, profits and income derived from such property
to be paid to such person or into such bank to the credit of such
person as the Council shall direct and in such case the corporation
shall be exonerated from seeing to the application thereof and
shall not be answerable for any loss or misapplication thereof.

10. AU deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the
corporation shall be sealed in the presence of and shall be signed
by the. Chairman of the Council and the Vice-Chairman and
Secretary thereof and all instruments requiring the signature of the
corporation shall be signed by such Chairman, Vice-Chairman and
Secretary.

11. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to
affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Succes-
sors. or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other
persons except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those
claiming by. from or under them.
Originally 22 of 1951. Preamble. Short title. Interpretation. Distribution of badges. Unauthorized possession of badges. Unauthorized possession of devices resembling badges. Wrongful exercise of authority. Unauthorized organizations. Offences and penalty. Incorporation. Execution of deeds. Saving.

Originally 22 of 1951. Preamble. Short title. Interpretation. Distribution of badges. Unauthorized possession of badges. Unauthorized possession of devices resembling badges. Wrongful exercise of authority. Unauthorized organizations. Offences and penalty. Incorporation. Execution of deeds. Saving.

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