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U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
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General SummaryThe U.S. Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. While every effort has been made to ensure that this reproduction of the Code is accurate, those using it for legal purposes should verify their results against the printed version of the Code available through the Government Printing Office.
§ 705. Badge or Medal of Veterans’ Organizations
Whoever knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or on or appended to, any article of merchandise manufactured or sold, any badge, medal, emblem, or other insignia or any colorable imitation thereof, of any veterans’ organization incorporated by enactment of Congress, or of any organization formally recognized by any such veterans’ organization as an auxiliary of such veterans’ organization, or knowingly prints, lithographs, engraves or otherwise reproduces on any poster, circular, periodical, magazine, newspaper, or other publication, or circulates or distributes any such printed matter bearing a reproduction of such badge, medal, emblem, or other insignia or any colorable imitation thereof, except when authorized under rules and regulations prescribed by any such organization, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 732; Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 578, 64 Stat. 413; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 76e (June 25, 1940, ch. 426, 54 Stat. 571).
Words beginning the section are from the punishment provision of last sentence which was itself rewritten without surplusage.
Changes were made in phraseology.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $250".
1950—Act Aug. 4, 1950, brought within the protection of this section emblems, badges, or insignia of auxiliary organizations of veteran’s organizations incorporated by an act of Congress.
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Chicago: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 705. Badge or Medal of Veterans’ Organizations," U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure in U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed October 13, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GCWYVWPP91276ZM.
MLA: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 705. Badge or Medal of Veterans’ Organizations." U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, in U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 13 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GCWYVWPP91276ZM.
Harvard: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 705. Badge or Medal of Veterans’ Organizations' in U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 13 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GCWYVWPP91276ZM.
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