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Act No. 17, 2018 (a) flown at any residence where the President resides or upon presidential vehicles or ships; or

(b) printed or imposed on aircraft and other modes of transport wherein the President is being transported.

Use and display of National Symbols

6. (1) The National Flag must be raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset.

(2) When the National Flag is flown with another flag or flags, of international bodies or other national flags, the National Flag must be flown on separate staffs, and must be hoisted first and lowered last.

(3) The National Flag must be displayed in buildings or raised in the open in front of the buildings of government offices and public enterprises as defined in section 1 of the Public Enterprises Governance Act, 2006 (Act No. 2 of 2006).

(4) The National Flag and Coat of Arms, in full or portions thereof, may be incorporated into any heraldic symbol, device, item or identification, authority or sign of dignity, coat of arms, seal, badge, logo, emblem, patches, banners, awards, citations, orders, decorations or insignia of any uniformed force or component of a government office or an agency of government established by law.

(5) A government office referred to in subsection (4) must submit an application for approval by the President, by proclamation in the Gazette, any heraldic symbol, device, item or identification, authority or sign of dignity, coat of arms, seal, badge, logo, emblem, patches, banners, awards, citations, orders, decorations or insignia which incorporates any portion of the National Flag and Coat of Arms.

(6) A person may not, without the prior written approval of the President or a person designated by the President for such purpose, use or display a National Symbol or any depiction so closely resembling a National Symbol, in a manner likely to cause confusion in connection with any trade, business, profession or occupation or in connection with any mark or description applied by him or her or in relation to, goods made, produced or sold by such person.

(7) In granting approval under subsection (6) the President, or person designated by him or her, may impose conditions as he or she may consider fit.

(8) The Presidential Standard must be reserved for the exclusive use of the President and may not fly at half-mast.

(9) A person who -

(a) contravenes the provisions of subsection (6);

(b) commits an act, with intent to deceive or which act displays contempt, whether by words, either spoken or written, in relation to a National Symbol or which is likely to hold a National Symbol to ridicule,