THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA No. 15 OF 1971' I ASSENT. ___-j~...K(lXMi:1.':.. , "Preszdent 6rn MAY, 1971 An Act to prescribe the- --Nati~nal Flag and Coat of Arms and to control and regulate the Use of the National Flag and Coat of Arms [7TH MAY, 1971] ENACTED by the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania. 1. This Act may be cited as the National Flag and Coat of Arms Act, Short title 1971. 2. In this Act unless the context otherwise require&Interpreta"coat of arms" means the coat of anns of the United Republic of tion Tanzania of the likeness specified in the Second Schedule to this Act and includes any emblem, seal, insignia or ensign of the United Republic; "likeness" includes a photographic or pictorial reproduction, a sketch, a painting or any other form of reproduction or representation whatsoever and of any size or shape whatsoever; "the Minister" means the Minister for the time being responsible for Home Affairs; "national flag" means a flag of the description specified in the First Schedule to this Act. 3. The national flag shall be and shall be deemed to have been National the national flag of the United Republic of Tanzania with effect from flag the twenty-sixth day of April, 1964. 4. The coat of arms shall be and shall be deemed to have been the Coat of coat of arms of the United Republic of Tanzania with effect from arms the twenty-sixth day of April, 1964. 5. The President may, by Proclamation, amend the First or the Second Preside~'f Schedule to this Act to modify the national flag or, as the case may be, ::J~ll y the coat of anns. ~t~f arms 1