California Statutes
§ 538b. — 538b. (Amended by Stats. 1937, Ch. 255.)
California § 538b.
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Title13.
Part 1.TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Ch. 8.CHAPTER 8. False Personation and Cheats
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Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 538b. (2026).
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Any person who wilfully wears the badge, lapel button, rosette, or any part of the garb, robe, habit, or any other recognized and established insignia or apparel of any secret society, or fraternal or religious order or organization, or of any sect, church or religious denomination, or uses the same to obtain aid or assistance within this State, with intent to deceive, unless entitled to wear and use the same under the constitution, by-laws or rules and regulations, or other laws or enactments of such society, order, organization, sect, church or religious denomination is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Amended by Stats. 1937, Ch. 255.
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