Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 263 - STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RELATIVE TO UNIFORMS FOR TRAFFIC OFFICERS

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 166 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, IN RELATION TO UNIFORMS FOR TRAFFIC OFFICERS BY REPEALING 5748 SECTION 29 THEREOF AND BY SUBSTITUTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS 5748 SECTION 29 OF SAID CHAPTER.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Chapter 166 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out and repealing all of 5748 Section 29 thereof and by substituting in lieu thereof a new Section to be known as 5748 Section 29 of said Chapter.

5748 Sec. 29. The Superintendent of State Police shall, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commission, prescribe the specifications for the standard uniforms to be used by the State Police.

Any person not a member of the State Police who shall, directly, or indirectly wear, use, or order to be worn or used, copy or imitate in any respect or manner the standard uniform of the State Police currently approved by the State Highway Commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Approved March 14, 1941.