GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Chapter 1. SELLING AND OTHER TRADE PRACTICES |
Article 16. TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS, AND TRADE NAMES |
Part 2. NAMES AND EMBLEMS OF FRATERNAL, CHARITABLE, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS |
Section 10-1-472. Unauthorized use of emblem or name or false claim of membership a misdemeanor
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- Any person who shall wear a badge, button, or other emblem or shall use the name or claim to be a member of any benevolent, fraternal, social, humane, or charitable organization which is entitled to the exclusive use of such name and emblems under Code Section 10-1-470, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance thereto as to be a colorable imitation of such emblem or name, unless entitled to do so under the laws, rules, and regulations of such organization, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ga. L. 1909, p. 139, § 3; Penal Code 1910, § 258; Code 1933, § 106-9905.