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RA 8491 Section 34

Section 34

SEC. 34. It shall be prohibited: To mutilate, deface, defile, trample on or cast contempt or commit any act or omission casting dishonor or ridicule upon the flag or over its surface; To dip the flag to any person or object by way of compliment or salute; To use the flag: (1) As a drapery, festoon, tablecloth; (2) As covering for ceilings, walls, statues or other objects; (3) As a pennant in the hood, side, back and top of motor vehicles; (4) As a staff or whip; (5) For unveiling monuments or statues; and (6) As trademarks, or for industrial, commercial or agricultural labels or designs. To display the flag: (1) Under any painting or picture; (2) Horizontally face-up. It shall always be hoisted aloft and be allowed to fall freely; (3) Below any platform; or (4) In discotheques, cockpits, night and day clubs, casinos, gambling joints and places of vice or where frivolity prevails. To wear the 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 flag; To print, paint or attach representation of the flag on handkerchiefs, napkins, cushions and other articles of merchandise; To display in public any foreign flag, except in embassies and other diplomatic establishments, and in offices of international organizations; To use, display or be part of any advertisement or infomercial; and To display the flag in front of buildings or offices occupied by aliens.

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CitationRA 8491 Section 34 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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