Is flag burning illegal in Portugal?
Criminal offense
Desecrating the national flag is a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment or a fine.
Portugal is one of 55 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 82% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Spain
- Criminal offense Desecrating the national flag is a criminal offense punishable by a fine.
- Morocco
- Criminal offense Desecrating the national flag is a criminal offense under the Penal Code.
- France
- Criminal offense Desecrating the national flag in public places is a criminal offense.
- Algeria
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment in Algeria.
- Ireland
- Legal / protected speech There is no specific criminal law against flag desecration, only advisory guidelines.
- Switzerland
- Criminal offense Desecrating national emblems installed by public authority is a crime in Switzerland.
Other laws in Portugal
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- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- Banned
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