18 U.S.C. § 702 — Uniform of armed forces and Public Health Service
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 69 words · no verdicts yet
A person may not, without authority, wear a United States armed-forces or Public Health Service uniform, a distinctive part of one, or something similar. The penalty is a fine, up to six months in prison, or both.
A person who, without authority, wears anywhere within United States jurisdiction or in the Canal Zone the uniform of a United States armed force or the Public Health Service, a distinctive part of such a uniform, or anything similar to a distinctive part of such a uniform, must be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. This rule also covers auxiliaries of those services.
Whoever, in any place within the jurisdiction of the United States or in the Canal Zone, without authority, wears the uniform or a distinctive part thereof or anything similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States, Public Health Service or any auxiliary of such, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 732; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 15(a), 63 Stat. 91; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 732
- 1949Amended · Act of May 24, 1949, ch. 139 · 63 Stat. 91
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2146
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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