2018 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 13 - Civil Rights
Sec. 244 - Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces
18 U.S.C. § 244 (2018) |
§244. Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces |
Whoever, being a proprietor, manager, or employee of a theater or other public place of entertainment or amusement in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory, or Possession of the United States, causes any person wearing the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States to be discriminated against because of that uniform, shall be fined under this title. |
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 697; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §5, 63 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) |
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
1948 ACT
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §523 (Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 187, 36 Stat. 963; Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 387, §1, 37 Stat. 512; Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, §1, 38 Stat. 800). Words "guilty of a misdemeanor", following "shall be", were omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of "misdemeanor" in section 1 of this title. (See reviser's note under section 212 of this title.) Changes were made in phraseology. 1949 ACTThis section [section 5] substitutes, in section 244 of title 18, U.S.C., "any of the armed forces of the United States" for the enumeration of specific branches and thereby includes the Air Force, formerly part of the Army. This clarification is necessary because of the establishment of the Air Force as a separate branch of the Armed Forces by the act of July 26, 1947. AMENDMENTS1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $500". 1949—Act May 24, 1949, substituted "any of the armed forces of the United States" for enumeration of the specific branches. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 13 - CIVIL RIGHTS Sec. 244 - Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces |
section 244 |
2018 |
January 14, 2019 |
Yes |
standard |
36 Stat. 963 37 Stat. 512 38 Stat. 800 62 Stat. 697 63 Stat. 90 108 Stat. 2147 |
Public Law 103-322 |