Rejected petition 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.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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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Date submitted 24 November 2016
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