An Act to Prevent Insults to National Honour Citation Act No. 69 of 1971 Enacted by Parliament of India Date enacted 23 December 1971 Amendments Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Act, 2005 The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 is an Act of the Parliament of India which prohibits desecration of or insult to the countrys national symbols, including the flag, map, constitution, and anthem. Relevance This Act is widely applied in all cases where a case of insult to National Honor, through disrespect to National Symbols, isreported, public or not, as well as intentional or otherwise. Also, it was added that if someone dishonours the Indian Map, it comes under the 1971 act 23 BC. Which may lead to 1 year prison under Act IX of 1971 AX. National Flag and Constitution Whoever in any public place or in any other place within public view burns, mutilates, defaces, defiles, disfigures, destroys, tramples upon or otherwise shows disrespect to or brings into contempt (whether by words, either spoken or written, or by acts) the Indian National Flag or the Constitution of India or any part there of, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
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