Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations Act

Members not to exercise or enforce authority otherwise than in accordance with bye-laws

Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations Law(1998 Revision)

ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands. Short title This Law may be cited as the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations Law (1998 Revision). Definitions In this Law — “Association” includes the Boy Scouts Association incorporated under the Royal Charter granted on the 4th January, 1912 and the Girl Guides Association incorporated under Royal Charter granted in the year 1923; and “member” means a boy scout or girl guide recognised as such under the constitution, bye-laws or rules of an Association, and includes all officers of that Association.

Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations Law

No unauthorised person publicly to wear, etc., any badge, etc. No person, not being under the bye-laws or rules of an Association duly authorised and entitled so to do, shall publicly wear, carry or bear any uniform, badge, token or emblem which, under the said bye-laws or rules, are specifically adopted for use under the authority of that Association in such style or manner as to convey an impression that such person is, under the said bye-laws or rules, entitled so to wear, carry or bear such uniform, badge, token or emblem. Members not to exercise or enforce authority otherwise than in accordance with bye-laws and rules No member shall seek or attempt by virtue of wearing any uniform, badge, token or emblem of an Association, or uniform, badge, token or emblem purporting or appearing to be such, to enforce or exercise authority otherwise than in accordance with and as authorised by the bye-laws or rules of that Association. Illegal for any person to form, organise or work with corps or body without due authority No person shall form, organise, work in connection with, or be concerned in forming, organising or working in connection with any corps or body which, without due authority granted under Royal Charter of an Association, claims or purports to be members or otherwise to be connected with such Association or which hold themselves out as, or pass themselves off as members or as otherwise connected with such Association. Offences Whoever contravenes this Law is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty dollars and in default of payment to imprisonment for one month. Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Governor in Council this 16th day of June, 1998. Carmena H. Parsons Clerk of Executive Council