AVOIDANCE OF DISCRIMINATION ACT - 1957 (NO. 38 OF 1957)

Section - 5 - Restriction on use of name or symbol

(1) An organisation formed before or after the coming into operation of this Act for the primary benefit of a community or religious faith shall not, if it or a member of the organisation in any manner engages in politics otherwise than by voting, permit or allow the use of a name or symbol of, or associated with, that organisation for a political purpose.



(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a political party.



(3) The Electoral Commission on being satisfied that a name or symbol is used contrary to subsection (1) shall, by constitutional instrument, prohibit the use of that name or symbol for a political purpose.



(4)On the publication of the constitutional instrument the continued use of the name or symbol for a political purpose is an offence against this Act.



(5) For the purposes of this section, the expression "engages in politics" means the doing of an act, a matter or thing in any manner to procure or attempt to procure the election of a person, or a particular result of an election, and where a person is elected, includes the support in any way of that person or the political party to which that person belongs and the expression "political purpose" has a similar meaning.