WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 151

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 440

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

440.

It shall be unlawful for any person falsely to represent
himself as being a member of the police force of [the State] THIS
STATE OR ANOTHER STATE, of Baltimore City or of any county or
municipal corporation of the State OR OF ANOTHER STATE, or to
represent himself as a special policeman, or to represent himself
as a sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, with fraudulent design
upon person or property, or to have, use, wear or display,
without the authority of the Superintendent of State Police OR
THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY OF THE POLICE FORCE OF ANOTHER STATE,
the commissioner of police of Baltimore City or the chief of
police of any county or municipal corporation OF THIS STATE OR OF
ANOTHER STATE, or of a sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, any
uniform, shield, button, ornament, badge, identification,
shoulder patch adopted by the Department of Maryland State Police
to be worn by the members of said Department, insignia or emblem
of office, such as are worn by the members of the respective
police forces or sheriff or constable, or to have any simulation
or imitation of such articles for the purpose of deception. Any
person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or to
imprisonment for not more than six months, or to both such fine
and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 2, 1988.

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