Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)

Chapter XV : Offences

124. Unauthorised wearing of departmental dress or insignia or prescribed sentenced offender dress

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Any unauthorised person who wears or uses-

a)the departmental dress, distinctive badge or insignia of the Department or of a custody official or
b)the prescribed sentenced offender dress,

or anything deceptively resembling them is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or, in default of payment, to incarceration for a period not exceeding 18 months or to such incarceration without the option of a fine or both.