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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10']

U.S. Code Title Four,
Old Glory Has Laws Decidated To Her
If The Flag Could Speak
You can find the laws regarding our precious national flag in the United States Code, Title Four, Chapter One. There are nine sections:
§ 1 . Flag; stripes and stars on
§ 2 . Same; additional stars
§ 3 . Use of flag for advertising purposes; mutilation of flag
§ 4 . Pledge of allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery
§ 5 . Display and use of flag by civilians; codification of rules and customs; definition
§ 6 . Time and occasions for display
§ 7 . Position and manner of display
§ 8 . Respect for flag
§ 9 . Conduct during hoisting, lowering or passing of flag
§ 10 . Modification of rules and customs by President
Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufacture, sell, expose for sale, or to public view, or give away or have in possession for sale, or to be given away or for use for any purpose, any article or substance being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The words “flag, standard, colors, or ensign”, as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America
(2) the term “executive or military department” means any agency listed under sections 101 and 102 of title 5 , United States Code; and
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