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§253
Title 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 9: SEAL, MOTTO, EMBLEMS AND FLAGS
Subchapter 2: UNIFORM FLAG LAW
§255

§254. Mutilation

No person shall publicly or openly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon, or by word or act cast contempt upon any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.   [PL 1973, c. 262, §2 (AMD).]
Any violation of this section shall be a Class E crime.   [PL 1977, c. 696, §8 (RPR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 262, §2 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 696, §8 (AMD).
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