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Title 14 — Coast Guard

Chapter 41 — General Provisions for Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary

§ 4102. Penalty

Statutory text

Whoever, without proper authority, flies from any building, aircraft, motorboat, yacht, or other vessel, any flag or pennant or displays any identifying insignia or wears any uniform or insignia of the Reserve or the Auxiliary shall be fined not more than $500.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Title 14, United States Code, section —

    Pub. L. 81–393 · 63 Stat. 495

    Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 4102

    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 557, § 892

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 557, § 892

  2. Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 120(b) · 132 Stat. 4192

    Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 4102

    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 892 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 892 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Redesignations and Transfers.— (1) Requirement.— The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended— (A) by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and (B) by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter41 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table. (2) Table.— The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following: Title 14 section number before redesignationSection heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)Title 14 section number after redesignation 891Flags; pennants; uniforms and insignia4101 892Penalty4102 893Limitation on rights of members of the Auxiliary and temporary members of the Reserve4103 894Availability of facilities and appropriations4104

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 352 (Feb. 19, 1941, ch. 8, title III, § 302, 55 Stat. 13; Sept. 30, 1944, ch. 453, § 9, 58 Stat. 761).

Said section has been divided. The last sentence is placed in this section. The first two sentences are placed in section 891 of this title. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 892 of this title as this section.

Credits

1949–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 1949Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 557, § 892
  2. 2018renumbered § 4102, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 120(b), , 132 Stat. 4237.
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(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 557, § 892; renumbered § 4102, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 120(b), , 132 Stat. 4237.)

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