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ANZAC'' (RESTRICTION ON TRADE USE OF WORD) ACT 1916

ANZAC'' (RESTRICTION ON TRADE USE OF WORD) ACT 1916 - LONG TITLE

An Act to prohibit the use of the word Anzac in connection with
any trade, business, calling, or profession.
[18th December 1916]
Prohibition of the use of the word Anzac in connection with any
trade, &c.

ANZAC'' (RESTRICTION ON TRADE USE OF WORD) ACT 1916 - SECT 1

1.(1)... it shall not be lawful to use in connection with any
trade, business, calling, or profession the word "Anzac," or any
word closely resembling that word, without the authority of a
Secretary of State, given on the request of the Government of the
Commonwealth of Australia or of the Dominion of New Zealand, and
this prohibition shall apply notwithstanding that such word forms
part of any trade mark, or of the name of any company or society
or other body, which has been registered before the passing of this
Act.

(2) If any person acts in contravention of this Act he shall be
guilty of an offence against this Act, and liable on conviction
under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts to a fine not exceeding ten
pounds, or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction not
exceeding one hundred pounds; and when a company or society is
guilty of any such contravention, without prejudice to the liability
of the company or society, every director, manager, secretary, or
other officer of the company or society who is knowingly a party
to the contravention, shall be guilty of an offence against this
Act and liable to the like penalty.

ANZAC'' (RESTRICTION ON TRADE USE OF WORD) ACT 1916 - SECT 2
Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as the "Anzac" (Restriction on Trade Use
of Word) Act, 1916....