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N.Y. GBS Law § 140

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Wearing industry badges, or other insignia of identification by unauthorized persons

Official statutory text

§ 140. Wearing industry badges, or other insignia of identification by\nunauthorized persons. An employer of labor may adopt a badge, or other\ninsignia of identification, to be worn or displayed by the employees for\nthe purpose of identification while upon the premises of the employer\nand may post a notice of the adoption of such badge, or insignia, near\nthe main entrance of such premises. Such employer may deposit with the\ndepartment of labor a replica of such badge or insignia, and such\ndepartment shall, if such badge or insignia be distinctive, issue to\nsuch employer a certificate authorizing the use thereof for the purposes\nof this section. Any person who, after the approval and adoption of such\nbadge, or insignia, without authority or permission of the employer\nadopting the same, wilfully wears such badge or displays such insignia,\nor any facsimile or any imitation thereof, or uses the same to obtain\nadmittance to or remain upon the premises of the employer, is guilty of\na misdemeanor.\n

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