Chapter 327
2013 -- H 5322 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/15/13
A N A C T
RELATING TO
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FLAGS AND EMBLEMS
Introduced
By: Representatives
Date Introduced: February 07, 2013
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11-14-1 of the General Laws in Chapter
11-14 entitled "False
Personation" is hereby amended to read as follows:
11-14-1.
Impersonation of public officer. -- Every person
who shall falsely assume or
pretend to be a judge, justice of the peace, warden, deputy
sheriff, alderman, member of any city
or town council, city or town clerk, city sergeant,
constable, correctional officer, or any other
officer of any city or town in this state as well as any
out-of-state police, or the attorney general,
deputy attorney general, assistant or special assistant
attorney general, and shall act as
such, shall
be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not
exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
SECTION 2. Chapter 11-15 of the General Laws entitled
"Flags and Emblems" is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following section:
11-15-4.1. Unauthorized use of the emblem of the attorney general. --
No person, firm
or corporation shall use, without authorization, the
emblem of the department of the attorney
general that is authorized by the attorney general or any
such emblem used to imitate an emblem
of the department of the attorney general, for any fraudulent
purpose, or for any purpose intended
to deceive, harm, or defraud any person. Any person who
violates any provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction, is subject to imprisonment for up
to one year, a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500), or both.
SECTION 3. This
act shall take effect upon passage.
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