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N.Y. New York City Civil Court Act § 1603: Persons pretending to be city marshals

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  1. New York City Civil Court Act
  2. Article 16. Marshals

§ 1603. Persons pretending to be city marshals. It shall be unlawful

for any person, other than a marshal of the city of New York, to hold

himself out to the public as being a marshal or as being in any way

authorized to act as a marshal or to perform the duties of a marshal;

and it shall be unlawful for any person, other than a marshal, to

exhibit any sign with the words "marshal's bureau" thereon or any other

words or terms whereby the public may be led to believe that he is a

city marshal or authorized to act as such, or that his office is the

office of a city marshal. It shall be unlawful for any city marshal to

permit any person, other than a city marshal, to perform any act in his

name, or to sign or to use his name in the performance of any act which

must be performed personally by a city marshal. Any person violating any

of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and

shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or

a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for each offense.

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