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PART IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGSIN CRIMINAL CASES(Chapters 263 through 280)
TITLE I CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 264 CRIMES AGAINST GOVERNMENTS
Section 7 Foreign flags; misuse; penalty
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MA Gen L ch 264 § 7
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Section 7. Whoever publicly mutilates, tramples upon, defaces or treats contemptuously the flag or emblem of a foreign country at peace with the United States, whether such flag or emblem is public or private property, or whoever displays such flag or emblem or any representation thereof upon which are words, figures, advertisements or designs, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.
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