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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-3-9. Abuse of certain flags and symbols unlawful.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-3-9. Abuse of certain flags and symbols unlawful.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to mutilate, deface, defile, or abuse contemptuously the flag of the United States, the flag, coat of arms, or emblem of the State of Georgia, or the flag or emblem of the Confederate States of America by any act whatever.

## History

Ga. L. 1960, p. 985, § 2.

## Cross References

Offenses against public order and safety, § 16-1-1 et seq.