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Subject: Red Flag Question (also blue and white)
Category: Relationships and Society > Law
Asked by: mongolia-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 29 Jul 2005 19:55 PDT
Expires: 28 Aug 2005 19:55 PDT
Question ID: 549672
Is it a criminal offense to burn a Union Jack in the UK?
Mongolia
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Subject: Re: Red Flag Question (also blue and white)
Answered By: answerfinder-ga on 30 Jul 2005 03:31 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Mongolia-ga,
In a word - no. It is not against the UK law to burn the Union Jack.
How and where you do it may mean you commit other criminal offences
such as public order offences, littering, or if the flag belongs to
some else it would be criminal damage. But on its own, the act itself
is not a criminal offence.

This is from my own knowledge as a former police officer in London.

answerfinder-ga

Background information
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page398.asp
mongolia-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $1.00
ManyThanks, Mongolia

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Subject: Re: Red Flag Question (also blue and white)
From: pinkfreud-ga on 29 Jul 2005 20:12 PDT
 
Mongolia,

You might find this interesting:

http://norwell.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/23/55257/5021
Subject: Re: Red Flag Question (also blue and white)
From: answerfinder-ga on 01 Aug 2005 00:41 PDT
 
Dear Mongolia-ga,
Thank you for the tip. Pleased I could help.
answerfinder-ga

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