{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-mercantile-marine-uniform-act-1919-repealed-111996/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-mercantile-marine-uniform-act-1919-repealed-111996/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/9-10/62",
  "legislation_title": "British Mercantile Marine Uniform Act 1919 (repealed 1.1.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-mercantile-marine-uniform-act-1919-repealed-111996",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Prohibition against improper use of uniform.",
  "text": "(1) If any person, not being entitled to wear the British mercantile marine uniform, wears that uniform or any part thereof, or any dress having the appearance or bearing any of the distinctive marks of that uniform, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five poundslevel 1 on the standard scale, or, if he wears it in such a manner or under such circumstances as to be likely to bring contempt on the uniform, to a fine not exceeding ten poundslevel 1 on the standard scale or to imprisonment . . . for a term not exceeding one month.\nProvided that this section shall not prevent any person from wearing any uniform or dress in the course or for the purposes of a stage play or representation, or a music-hall or circus performance if the uniform is not worn in such a manner or under such circumstances as to bring it into contempt.\n(2) If any person entitled to wear the British mercantile marine uniform when aboard a ship in port or on shore appears dressed partly in uniform and partly not in uniform under such circumstances as to be likely to bring contempt on the uniform, or, being entitled to wear the uniform appropriate to a particular rank or position, wears the uniform appropriate to some higher rank or position, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five poundslevel 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words “level 1 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.S.) for “five pounds” by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words “level 1 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.S.) for “ten pounds” by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words omitted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(2) and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), s. 221(2); repealed (N.I.) by Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland ) 1953 (c. 14), s. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/9-10/62/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:57.357571+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}