CHAPTER 675

An Act to amend and reenact § 18.1-312, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the unlawful wearing of police officer’s uniform
or insignia and markings not authorized on motor vehicles. =

[H 542}

Approved April 5, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.1-312, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 18.1-312. Unlawful wearing of officer’s uniform or insignia.—
No person, not such an officer as is referred to in § 19.1-95, shall wear
any such uniform as is designated pursuant to the provisions of such
section or wear an insignia or markings containing the seal of the Com-
monwealth or the insignia of any such officer’s uniform, nor shall any
person not such an officer, or not authorized by such officer, or not author-
ized by the Military Police of the Armed Forces or of the National Guard,
or not authorized by the military police of other governmental agency, use
or cause to be used on the public roads or highways of this State, any motor
vehicle bearing markings with the word “police” shown thereon. Any
violation of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or confinement in jail for a term not exceeding twelve
months, or both such fine and imprisonment.