22 U.S.C. § 2518 — Seal and name
submitted 65 years ago by Pub. L. 87-293 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 169 words · no verdicts yet
The President may establish a Peace Corps seal. Use of the seal and name is restricted and unauthorized use may bring fines, imprisonment, or an injunction.
(a) Judicial notice. The President may adopt, change, and use an official Peace Corps seal or emblem of a design the President chooses. Courts must recognize it officially.
(b) Exclusiveness of use; penalties; injunctions. (1) The official seal or emblem and the name “Peace Corps” may be used only to identify programs authorized by this chapter. (2) A person, partnership, corporation, or association that uses the seal, a deceptively similar sign, insignia, or symbol, or the words “Peace Corps” or a deceptively similar combination of words or characters for another purpose may be fined up to $500, imprisoned up to six months, or both. The Attorney General, United States* attorneys, or other properly authorized United States representatives may sue to stop a violation.
The President may adopt, alter, and use an official seal or emblem of the Peace Corps of such design as he shall determine, which shall be judicially noticed.
The use of the official seal or emblem and the use of the name “Peace Corps” shall be restricted exclusively to designate programs authorized under this chapter.
Whoever, whether an individual, partnership, corporation, or association, uses the seal for which provision is made in this section, or any sign, insignia, or symbol in colorable imitation thereof, or the words “Peace Corps” or any combination of these or other words or characters in colorable imitation thereof, other than to designate programs authorized under this chapter, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. A violation of this subsection may be enjoined at the suit of the Attorney General, United States* attorneys, or other persons duly authorized to represent the United States.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 19, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 88–200, § 7, Dec. 13, 1963, 77 Stat. 360.)
- 1961Enacted · Pub. L. 87-293 · 75 Stat. 623
- 1963Amended · Pub. L. 88-200 · 77 Stat. 360
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