{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-264-7","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 264, § 7","heading":"Foreign flags; misuse; penalty","body":"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.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 264"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter264/Section7","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:09Z","sha256":"667e2edf232534b86f7a0b8087451ee00d008c2a79edb6828b54e703c7e608dc","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-264-6","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-264-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}