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18 U.S.C. § 702 — Uniform of armed forces and Public Health Service
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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.
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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.
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Whoever, being a proprietor, manager, or employee of a theater or other public place of entertainment or amusement in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory, or Possession of the United States, causes any person wearing the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States to be discriminated against because of that uniform, shall be fined under this title.
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Except as may be authorized by regulations of the President, the insignia and uniform of commissioned officers of the Service, or any distinctive part of such insignia or uniform, or any insignia or uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part thereof, shall not be worn, after the promulgation of such regulations, by any person other than a commissioned officer of the Service.
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 700
1952—Act May 23, 1952, ch. 327, § 2, 66 Stat. 92, added
item 711.
1950—Act Sept. 28, 1950, ch. 1092, § 1(a), 64 Stat. 1077,
added item 710.
1949—Act May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 14, 63 Stat. 91, in-
serted ‘‘Uniform of armed forces and Public Health
Service’’ in lieu of enumerating the specific branches in
item 702.
§ 700. Desecration of the flag of the United
States; penalties
(a)(1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces,
physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor
or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the
United States shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(2) This subsection does not prohibit any con-
duct consisting of the disposal of a flag when it
has become worn or soiled.
(b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘flag of
the United States’’ means any flag of the United
States, or any part thereof, made of any sub-
stance, of any size, in a form that is commonly
displayed.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed
as indicating an intent on the part of Congress
to deprive any State, territory, possession, or
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of jurisdic-
tion over any offense over which it would have
jurisdiction in the absence of this section.
(d)(1) An appeal may be taken directly to the
Supreme Court of the United States from any
interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order
issued by a United States district court ruling
upon the constitutionality of subsection (a).
(2) The Supreme Court shall, if it has not pre-
viously ruled on the question, accept jurisdic-
tion over the appeal and advance on the docket
and expedite to the greatest extent possible.
(Added Pub. L. 90–381, § 1, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat.
291; amended Pub. L.
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