"licensed trader" means a person licensed to trade in accordance with the provisions of
the Trades Licensing Act; Cap. 402
"register" means the register referred to in section four;
"registered" means registered in accordance with the provisions of section eight:
"uniform" means any article or articles of wearing apparel, including a tie other than a tie
of which the design consists solely of an arrangement of stripes, being distinctive in
design and colour, intended to be used by members of an association or institution or to
be used by such persons as may be authorised by an association, institution or colours
control board;
"use", in relation to a uniform or badge, includes "wear". (As amended by No. 19 of
1959)
Colours Control Board
3. The Minister may, by Gazette notice, appoint such persons as he may deem fit to be
the Colours Control Board for the purposes of this Act.
Keeping of register
4. The Board shall, for the purposes of this Act, cause a register to be kept wherein shall
be entered the particulars referred to in subsection (4) of section eight as well as
particulars of any amendment or deletion of any entry made under this Act.
Application for registration of names, etc.
5. Any association or institution may make application to the Board for the registration
of- (a) the name of the association or institution;
(b) any special name or designation used by the association or institution for the
members thereof or for the members of any organisation constituted by the association
or institution in pursuance of its rules and regulations;
(c) any uniform, with or without a badge, used by such association or institution or
authorised by such association or institution to be used by any person; or
(d) any badge, with or without a uniform, used by such association or institution or
authorised by such association or institution to be used by any person.
Form and particulars of application
6. An application made in terms of section five shall be made in such manner and contain
such information as the Board, subject to the special or general directions of the Minister,
may by rule prescribe and more particularly shall contain an exact and precise
description of the name, special name, designation, uniform or badge sought to be
registered, together with an exact and detailed pictorial representation of the uniform or
badge both in respect to form and colour so as clearly to indicate the precise extent and
limits of the protection applied for.