THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
No. 15
OF
1971'
I ASSENT.
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"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.
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