18-U.S.C.-708
§708 – Swiss Confederation Coat of Arms
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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 33 > Section 708
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- Reference: Section 708
- Legend: §708 – Swiss Confederation Coat of Arms
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Whoever, whether a corporation, partnership, unincorporated company, association, or person within the United States, willfully uses as a trade mark, commercial label, or portion thereof, or as an advertisement or insignia for any business or organization or for any trade or commercial purpose, the coat of arms of the Swiss Confederation, consisting of an upright white cross with equal arms and lines on a red ground, or any simulation thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
This section shall not make unlawful the use of any such design or insignia which was lawful on August 31, 1948.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 733; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, §21a, 65 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 248 of title 22, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Foreign Relations and Intercourse (June 20, 1936, ch. 635, §§1, 2, 49 Stat. 1557).
Reference to jurisdiction of the United States was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of United States in section 5 of this title.
Words of punishment $250 and six months were substituted for $500 and one year respectively, as more consonant with penalties for similar offenses in this chapter. (See sections 701, 704, 705 of this title.)
Punishment provision was also changed to omit reference to misdemeanor in view of definitive section 1 of this title.
Words upon conviction were omitted as surplusage, because punishment can only be imposed after conviction.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $250 in first par.
1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, added second par.
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