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Article 92Damage to a Foreign National Flag

第九十二条(外国国章損壊等)

A person who damages, removes or defiles the national flag or other national emblem of a foreign state for the purpose of insulting the foreign state is punished by imprisonment for 2 years or less or a fine of 200,000 yen or less.

外国に対して侮辱を加える目的で、その国の国旗その他の国章を損壊し、除去し、又は汚損した者は、二年以下の拘禁刑又は二十万円以下の罰金に処する。

The crime prescribed under the preceding paragraph is not to be prosecuted without the request of the government of such state.

前項の罪は、外国政府の請求がなければ公訴を提起することができない。

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