Section 396-H. Fraudulent sale of poppies, forget-me-nots, daisies, flags and other articles sold for patriotic purposes

Any person,  whether  a
  veteran  soldier, sailor, marine or army nurse, or otherwise, who in the
  promotion of his own interests, or to derive personal pecuniary benefit,
  gain or profit, for himself or for any person, firm or corporation other
  than an organization expressly designated and authorized  to  administer
  veteran  relief  by the provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight of
  the social welfare law, sells or offers to sell poppies, forget-me-nots,
  daisies, flags or other articles  sold  for  patriotic  purposes,  while
  claiming that such sale or offer to sell is made as agent of, or for the
  benefit  of such organization authorized to administrate veteran relief,
  is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than  fifty
  dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such
  fine and imprisonment.