conditions: For those sentenced to a penalty other than the death sentence or life imprisonment, immediately after their sentence expires. For others, immediately after the decision or final ruling or law that ends their detention. ARTICLE 145: The leaders of a rebellion and those who cause it may be sentenced to residency prohibition of between five years at least to ten years at most. SECTION Il: THE DESTRUCTION AND DESACREATION OF THE NATIONAL FLAG ARTICLE 146: Any person who, to express his/her discontent or opinion, publicly tears or burns the national flag shall be punished with imprisonment of between one month and two years and a fine of between 20,000 to 400,000. The same penalties shall apply to any person who, for the same reasons and in the same circumstances, desecrates the national flag. SECTION III: CONTEMPT OR VIOLENCE AGAINST PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARTICLE 147: Whosoever through speech, shouts or threats made during meetings or in public places, in writing, print, sold or distributed, put on sale or displayed during meetings or in public places, insults the person of the Head of State shall be punished with imprisonment of between three months to one year and a fine of between 50,000 to 600, 000 francs, or only any one of these two penalties. The same provisions shall apply to foreign Heads of State visiting Mali. When one or several administrative or judicial authorities, and when one or several assessors receive, in the performance of their duties or during this performance, suffer any contempt be it verbal, in writing or drawing not made public and intended in these respective instances to damage their honour or consideration, the perpetrator of the contempt shall be punished with imprisonment of between fifteen days at least to one year at most. If the verbal contempt occurs during a hearing or inside a court or tribunal, imprisonment shall be between three months at least to two years at most. Contempt committed using gestures, threats or sending any objects whatsoever with the same intention and aimed at a magistrate or a assessor performing his/her duties, shall be punished with imprisonment of between one to six months; If the contempt occurs during a hearing or inside a court or tribunal, it shall be punished with imprisonment of between three months to two years. ARTICLE 148: Contempt committed using speech, gestures or threats, writings or drawings not made public or committed by sending any objects whatsoever with the same intention and aimed at any judicial authority or any official exercising law enforcement functions, and fulfilling his/her duties, shall be punished with imprisonment of between eleven days to one month as well as a fine of between 20,000 to 240,000 francs, or only one of these two penalties. ARTICLE 149: The contempt stated in the previous article, when it is directed at a commander of law enforcement forces, shall be punished with imprisonment of between fifteen days to three months, and optionally a fine of between 20,000 to 600,000 francs. ARTICLE 150: Any individual who, without weapons and without injuries resulting therefrom, commits violence or assault against a magistrate in the performance of his/her duties or during this performance, or commits any violence or assault against him/her in the same circumstances shall be punished with imprisonment of between two to five years. The maximum of this penalty shall always be ordered should the assault or violence occur during a hearing inside a court or tribunal. In any of the cases referred to, the offender may additionally be ordered to steer away for between five to ten years from the place where the magistrate has jurisdiction and 28