Cal. Penal Code § 538b
Cal. Penal Code § 538b
California · California Penal Code · Status: effective
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- Cal. Penal Code § 538b, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/887345
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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.