§ 11-20-3 Removal of marker on veteran's grave. – (a) Malicious or unauthorized removal of an American flag in the vicinity of a veteran's grave or from a flag staff in a cemetery shall be imprisoned not exceeding sixty (60) days, or fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).

(b) Every person who shall, without right, remove from any grave a marker that was authorized to be placed by the cemetery to designate that the grave was the grave of a deceased veteran shall be imprisoned not exceeding one hundred and twenty (120) days or fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for a first offense, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding one hundred and twenty (120) days or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a second offense.

(c) Every person, firm, partnership or corporation who shall purchase, sell or destroy any above-mentioned marker shall be subject to the same penalties provided in subsection (b).

§ 11-44-13 Injury to public statues and monuments. – Every person who shall wilfully trespass upon, deface, mutilate, or otherwise injure the soldiers' and sailors' monument in the city of Providence, or any other public statue or monument, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.