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NATIONAL FLAG AND ANTHEM.

4. There shall be a National Flag of the Republic of which the design shall be as set out in section five.

5. (1) The National Flag of the Republic shall be a flag consisting of three horizontal stripes of equal width from top to bottom orange, white and blue, on which there shall appear―

in the centre of the white stripe, the flag of the republic of “De Oranjevrijstaat” hanging vertically and spread in full; and on opposite sides and adjoining the flag referred to in paragraph (a)—

the Union Jack, as it existed in 1927, horizontally spread in full towards the pole; and the Vierkleur of “De Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek” horizontally spread in full away from the pole.

(2) The flags referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) shall all be of the same size and of a shape proportionally the same as that of the National Flag, the width of each of such flags shall be equal to one-third of the width of the white stripe on the National Flag, and the flags referred to in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) shall be equidistant from the margins of the said white stripe.

6. The National Anthem of the Republic shall be “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika”.

THE STATE PRESIDENT.

7. (1) The head of the Republic shall be the State President.

(2) The command-in-chief of the South African Defence Force is vested in the State President.

(3) He shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, have power―

with due regard to the provisions of this Act to dissolve the Senate or the House of Assembly or the Senate and the House of Assembly simultaneously; in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty and twenty-one to appoint Ministers and deputies to Ministers; to confer honours; to appoint and to accredit, to receive and to recognize ambassadors, plenipotentiaries, diplomatic representatives and other diplomatic officers, consuls and consular officers;