Submitted on Thursday 24th November 2016
Rejected on Friday 2nd December 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make falsly claming military honours a criminal offence. Stolen valour.
Unfortunatly, falsely claiming military service is becoming more and more previlant. Under current UK law, false claims of millitary service and decoration fall under fraud. This Act needs its own criminal offence defined.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
A proposal for a law to make it illegal for someone to wear medals they are not entitled to, with the intention of deceiving people, is currently being considered by Parliament.
You can find out more about this, and follow the progress of this proposal, here:
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/awardsforvalourprotection.html
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