Prohibited Acts

To mutilate, deface, trample on, cast contempt, or commit any act or omission casting dishonor or ridicule upon the National Flag or over its surface

To dip the National flag to any person or object by way of compliment or salute

To use the National Flag...

- As drapery, festoon, tablecloth

- As covering for ceilings, walls, statues or other objects

- As pennant in the hood, side, back and top of motor vehicles

- As a staff or whip

- for unveiling monuments or statues; and,

- As trademarks, or for industrial, commercial or agricultural labels or designs.

To display the National Flag:

- Under any painting or picture

- Horizontally. It shall always be hoisted aloft and be allowed to fall freely

- Below any platform; or,

- In discotheques, cockpits, night and day clubs, casinos, gambling joints and places of vice or where frivolity prevails

To wear the National Flag in whole or in part as a costume or uniform

To add any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawings, advertisement, or imprint of any nature on the National Flag

To print, paint or attach representation of the National Flag on handkerchiefs, napkins, cushions, and articles of merchandise

To display in public any foreign flag, except in embassies and other diplomatic establishment, and in offices of international organizations

To use or display or be part of any advertisement or infomercial; and,

To display the National Flag in front of buildings or offices occupied by aliens.