2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs
CHAPTER 15 - OTHER PROVISIONS FOR BENEFIT OF VETERANS
Section 25-15-20. Improper use of Confederate Crosses of Honor.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 25-15-20 (2017)

It is unlawful for a person to wear as a badge, expose upon their person, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of, or use or manufacture any badge or insignia known as the Confederate Cross of Honor or any counterfeit or likeness of the badge, unless the badge has been conferred, bestowed, or authorized to be bestowed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, or in any other way than as prescribed by the rules and regulations made and adopted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 44-657; 1952 Code Section 44-657; 1942 Code Section 1241; 1932 Code Section 1241; Cr. C. '22 Section 137; Cr. C. '12 Section 284; 1902 (23) 1097; 1905 (24) 954; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 204.

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