 EMBLEM AND NAME OF UNESCO (RESTRICTION OF USE)   ġ CAP. 198.        1
CHAPTER 198
EMBLEM AND NAME OF UNESCO 
(RESTRICTION OF USE) ACT
To restrict the use of the emblem and of the name of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
(28th April, 1967) *
Enacted by ACT XIII of 1967 as amended by Acts: LVII1 of 1974 and
XIII of 1983.
Short title.
(Restriction of Use) Act.
Interpretation.
"abbreviated name of the Organization" means an abbreviation
of the name of the Organization through the use of the initials
UNESCO, whether in capital or small letters or in both, whether in
Latin or other characters;
"emblem" means the emblem set out in the Schedule hereto; 
"Organization" means the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization.
Prohibition of use 
of the emblem and 
of the name of 
Unesco.
3. It shall not be lawful for any person, without the previous
authorization in writing of the Director-General of the Organiza-
tion -
( a ) in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever to use
the emblem of the Organization or any imitation
thereof which may be normally mistaken for the
emblem; or
( b ) to use, in any language, the name of the Organization
in such a manner as to represent the publication or
anything else in relation to which such name is used as
having been made, produced or sponsored by the
Organization; or
( c ) to use the abbreviated name of the Organization as a
trade mark or a part thereof, whether such trade mark
is registered or not, or as a commercial label or for any
similar commercial purpose.
Penalty for 
offences. 
Amended by: 
XIII. 1983.5.
4. (1) Whosoever contravenes the provisions of the last
preceding section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on conviction to a fine ( multa ) of not less than twenty liri and not
more than one hundred liri.
(2) On any such conviction, the court shall order the forfeiture
to the Government of any infringing articles found in possession of
the convicted person.
* See  Government Notice No. 284 of the 28th of April, 1967.
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(3) In any criminal proceedings under this section, the burden
of the proof that the emblem, the name or the abbreviated name of
the Organization was used with the previous authorization in
writing of the Director-General of the Organization, shall lie on the
accused person.
Offences by 
association of 
persons.
5. Where any offence under this Act has been committed by
an association of persons, every person who at the time of the
commission of the offence was a director, general manager,
secretary or other similar officer of that association or was
purporting to act in any such capacity, shall be guilty of that
offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without
his knowledge and that he exercised all such diligence to prevent
the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having
regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the
circumstances.
Consent of 
Attorney General 
for prosecutions. 
Amended by: 
LVIII. 1974.68.
6. No proceedings for an offence under this Act shall be
instituted except with the consent of the Attorney General.
SCHEDULE 
ġSection 2ħ
