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PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title P - Offenses Against Public Safety
Article 270 - Other Offenses Relating to Public Safety
270.20 - Unlawful Wearing of Body Armor.
Universal Citation: NY Penal L § 270.20 (2022)
§ 270.20 Unlawful wearing of body armor.1. A person is guilty of the unlawful wearing of body armor when acting either alone or with one or more other persons he commits any violent felony offense defined in section 70.02 while possessing a firearm, rifle or shotgun and in the course of and in furtherance of such crime he or she wears body armor.
2. For the purposes of this section "body armor" means any product that is a personal protective body covering intended to protect against gunfire, regardless of whether such product is to be worn alone or is sold as a complement to another product or garment.
The unlawful wearing of body armor is a class E felony.
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