Section 25Part 6 — OFFENCES
Unauthorized use of uniform and decorations
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A person who —
not being an officer of the Coast Guard, wears in a public place, without authority, the uniform of the Coast Guard, or any attire having the appearance or bearing of any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of any such uniform;
has in that person's possession, without authority, a uniform of the Coast Guard or part thereof, or any decoration, badge, wound stripe, emblem or equipment prescribed by regulations or supplied or authorized by the Government for the use of the Coast Guard;
uses or wears, without authority, any decoration, badge, wound stripe or emblem so nearly resembling any decoration, badge, wound stripe or emblem under paragraph (b), as to be calculated to deceive;
falsely represents himself or herself to be a person who has or had the authority to use or wear any such decoration, badge, stripe or emblem; or
in relation to a decoration awarded to an officer of the Coast Guard —
purchases or pawns the decoration;
solicits or procures any other person to sell or pledge the decoration; or
acts for any person in the sale or pledging of the decoration,
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of four years, or to both.
Nothing in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d) prevents or prohibits a person from —
wearing a uniform or dress, with the written permission of the Commandant, in the course of a stage play performed in a place duly licensed or authorized for the public performance of stage plays, or in the course of a music hall or circus performance; or
using or wearing ordinary naval badges or brooches or ornaments representing those naval badges.
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1)(e) that at the time of the alleged offence, the officer of the Coast Guard to whom the decoration was awarded was deceased or had ceased to be an officer of the Coast Guard.
A member of the Coast Guard who contravenes this section in the carrying out of the member's duties commits an offence and is liable to be tried by a tribunal as prescribed by regulations and punished in accordance with those regulations.