Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 2928)
The official flag adopted is the Philippine flag, commonly known as the tricolored flag with an equilateral white triangle and specific symbols as described in the Act.
Both flags must be hoisted and lowered at the same time. The American flag shall be placed above the Philippine flag when both are in a vertical line, and to the right of the latter and at the same height when hoisted in a horizontal line.
The Philippine flag shall be accorded the same honors and respect prescribed or to be prescribed for the American flag under existing laws and regulations.
The flag has a tricolor quadrangular bunting with a white equilateral triangle on the left with a yellow sun surrounded by eight rays and three five-pointed yellow stars in each triangle angle; the top part above an imaginary horizontal line is blue and the bottom part is red.
Any act, utterance, drawing, or omission casting dishonor, ridicule, or contempt upon the flag, including its use in places of ill repute or for disrespectful purposes such as trade-marks or commercial labels, is prohibited and punishable.
Penalties include a fine from 25 to 1,000 pesos, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; non-payment of fines results in subsidiary imprisonment of one day per peso unpaid; second and subsequent offenses must impose both fine and imprisonment.
Yes, all accomplices, accessories after the fact, attempts, and frustrated offenses are liable to trial and punishment under this Act as defined in the Penal Code or any replacement law.
The Act took effect on its approval, which was on March 26, 1920.
No, any drawings or inscriptions on the Philippine flag are prohibited and considered as acts casting dishonor or disrespect.
The white equilateral triangle bears in its center a yellow sun with eight rays representing provinces and three yellow five-pointed stars at each angle representing Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao regions.