18 U.S.C. § 710 — Cremation urns for military use
submitted 76 years ago by ch. 1092 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 69 words · no verdicts yet
A person who knowingly uses, makes, or sells an approved military cremation urn or a look-alike urn commits an offense unless a regulation made under law authorizes it. The punishment may be a fine, imprisonment for up to six months, or both.
A person who knowingly uses, makes, or sells a cremation urn designed and approved by the Secretary of Defense to hold the cremated remains of a deceased armed-forces member, or an urn that closely imitates that design, may be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to six months, or both. This does not apply when a regulation made under law authorizes the conduct.
Whoever knowingly uses, manufactures, or sells any cremation urn of a design approved by the Secretary of Defense for use to retain the cremated remains of deceased members of the armed forces or an urn which is a colorable imitation of the approved design, except when authorized under regulation made pursuant to law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Source credit: (Added Sept. 28, 1950, ch. 1092, § 1(b), 64 Stat. 1077; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)
- 1950Enacted · Act of Sept. 28, 1950, ch. 1092 · 64 Stat. 1077
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2146
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1092 on 1950-09-28.
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