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2000 Florida Code
TITLE XVII MILITARY AFFAIRS AND RELATED MATTERS
Chapter 250 Military Affairs  
PART I MILITARY CODE (ss. 250.01-250.5205)
250.52   Unlawful to persuade citizens not to enlist; penalty.

250.52  Unlawful to persuade citizens not to enlist; penalty.--Whenever the United States is at war, or our foreign relations tend to indicate an impending war or state of war, it is unlawful for any person or persons to solicit or persuade a citizen or citizens of the United States not to enlist or serve in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Navy thereof, or in any reserve component thereof, or in the National Guard or active militia of the state, or to publicly attempt to dissuade any such citizen or citizens from so enlisting; the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to such soliciting or persuading done by any person related by affinity or consanguinity to the person solicited or persuaded or whose advice is requested by the person solicited or persuaded. Any person adjudged guilty of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.--ss. 1, 2, ch. 7392, 1917; RGS 1422, 1423; CGL 2076, 2077; s. 1, ch. 25112, 1949; s. 1, ch. 67-332; s. 150, ch. 71-136.

Note.--Former s. 250.73.

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