Is flag burning illegal in Singapore?
Criminal offense
Singapore law criminalizes flag desecration with fines up to S$30,000 or imprisonment.
Singapore is one of 53 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 79% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Indonesia
- Criminal offense Destroying or defacing the Indonesian national flag is punishable by up to ten years imprisonment.
- Malaysia
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Malaysia under the Penal Code, Sedition Act, and Emblems & Names Act.
- Thailand
- Criminal offense Thailand fines or jails those who insult national flags, though foreign flags are not specifically mentioned.
- Philippines
- Criminal offense It is illegal to mutilate, deface, or insult the flag with penalties including fines and imprisonment.
- Hong Kong
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Hong Kong, with convictions and prison sentences for such acts.
- Taiwan
- Criminal offense Taiwan criminalizes insulting national flags or emblems with penalties up to one year imprisonment.
Other laws in Singapore
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
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