A person who intentionally and in public tears down, destroys, defaces, or insults the National Flag of Eritrea,
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 123
Insults to the National Flag of Eritrea or Other Countries · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
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.