§5-6 - Seal; commercial use.
§5-6 Seal; commercial use. Whoeveruses any representation of the great seal or the coat of arms of the State inany advertisement or for any commercial purpose or in any manner likely to givethe impression of official State approval shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to apply to the use of the sealor the coat of arms in any newspaper, periodical, book or pamphlet wherein theseal or coat of arms is printed for informational purposes only. [L 1967, c 86,§1; HRS §5-6]