Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971

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Act of Parliament of India Indian criminal law

The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 is an Indian law that criminalizes disrespect and desecration of national symbols such as the National Flag, the Constitution, and the National Anthem.

Aliases (1)

Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 (India) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of India → Indian criminal law →
country	India →
definesOffence	causing disturbance to an assembly engaged in singing the National Anthem → insult to the Constitution of India → insult to the Indian National Flag → intentional prevention of singing of the National Anthem →
extendsTo	whole of India →
jurisdiction	Union of India → surface form: "Republic of India"
languageOfText	English → Hindi →
legalArea	constitutional law → criminal law →
legalCitation	Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 → surface form: "Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 (India)"
legislature	Parliament of India →
longTitle	An Act to prevent insults to National Honour →
maximumImprisonment	three years →
offenceType	cognizable offence (for certain provisions) → non-bailable offence (for certain provisions) →
penaltyType	fine → imprisonment → imprisonment and fine →
prohibits	burning of the National Flag of India → causing disturbance to any assembly engaged in singing the National Anthem → defacing of the National Flag of India → desecration of the National Flag of India → disrespect to the National Anthem of India → improper use of the National Flag of India → insults to the Constitution of India → mutilation of the National Flag of India → preventing singing of the National Anthem →
purpose	to prevent insults to the Constitution of India → to prevent insults to the National Anthem of India → to prevent insults to the National Flag of India →
relatedTo	Constitution of India → Flag Code of India → Jana Gana Mana → Tiranga (Indian national flag) → surface form: "National Flag of India"
section	Section 2 (insults to the Indian National Flag and Constitution of India) → Section 3 (prevention of singing of National Anthem, etc.) →
sectionCount	several sections including Section 2 and Section 3 →
shortTitle	Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 →
status	in force →
subject	criminalization of disrespect to national symbols → protection of national symbols →
typeOfSymbolProtected	Constitution → national anthem → national flag →
yearEnacted	1971 →

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Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 → legalCitation → Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 →

this entity surface form: "Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 (India)"

Jana Gana Mana → regulatingLaw → Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 →

Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 → shortTitle → Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 →