Penal Code · English · 2015
Article 123
Insults to the National Flag of Eritrea or Other Countries
A person who intentionally and in public tears down, destroys, defaces, or insults the National Flag of Eritrea,
#is guilty of insults to the national flag of Eritrea, a Class 2 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 month and not more than 6 months, or a fine of 5,001 – 20,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 1,000 Nakfas.
#A person who intentionally and in public tears down, destroys, defaces, or insults the National Flag of any other country duly hoisted in Eritrea,
#is guilty of insults to the national flag of a country other than Eritrea, a Class 3 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not more than 1 month, or a fine of 500 – 5,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 500 Nakfas.
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