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Regulatory documents (laws, decrees, constitutions, gazettes) that legally define national flags. Every entry links to the official source and to the flag it regulates.
Act In force
India: Flag Code of India, 2002
Constitution In force
Russian Federation: Federal Constitutional Law No. 1-FKZ of 25 December 2000 ‘On the State Flag of the Russian Federation’
Decree In force
Italy: DPR 121/2000
Act In force
Japan: Act on National Flag and Anthem (Law No. 127 of 13 August 1999)
Constitution In force
Germany: Anordnung über die deutschen Flaggen vom 13. November 1996 (BGBl. I S. 1729)
Gazette notice In force
South Africa: Government Notice No. 510, Government Gazette No. 22356 (8 June 2001)
Act In force
Mexico: Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacionales (DOF 8 February 1984)
Act In force
Spain: Ley 39/1981, de 28 de octubre, por la que se regula el uso de la bandera de España y el de otras banderas y…
Act In force
Poland: Ustawa o godle, barwach i hymnie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej oraz o pieczęciach państwowych (1980)
Constitution In force
Iran: Article 18 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979)
Law In force
Greece: Νόμος 851/1978 «Περί Εθνικής Σημαίας, των Πολεμικών Σημαιών και του Διακριτικού Σήματος του Προέδρου της Δη…
Act In force
Finland: Laki Suomen lipusta 380/1978
Royal decree In force
Canada: Royal Proclamation (1965)
Constitution In force
France: Constitution du 4 octobre 1958, art. 2
Act In force
Australia: Flags Act 1953
Law In force
Indonesia: Undang-Undang Dasar 1945, Pasal 35
Constitution In force
Ireland: Bunreacht na hÉireann (1937), Article 7
Decree In force
Portugal: Decreto de 19 de Junho de 1911 (Assembleia Nacional Constituinte)
Act In force
Sweden: Lag (1982:269) om Sveriges flagga
Act In force