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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 45— THE UNIFORM · § 771

§ 771. Unauthorized wearing prohibited

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Except as otherwise provided by law, no person except a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, as the case may be, may wear—
(1)the uniform, or a distinctive part of the uniform, of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force; or
(2)a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 34; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(N), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3821.)
The words “Except as otherwise provided by law” are inserted to give effect to exceptions in other revised sections of this title and to provisions of other laws giving such organizations as the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Public Health Service permission to wear military uniforms under certain conditions.
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  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 34
  • 134 Stat. 3821
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§ 771
Unauthorized wearing prohibited
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ActAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
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