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The Law On The Flag Of Finland

Original Language Title: Laki Suomen lipusta

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Law on Finnish flag

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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:

ARTICLE 1

There is a blue cross on the Finnish flag. The flag is either a national flag or a master ticket.

ARTICLE 2

The national flag is rectangle and its dimensions are:

1) height 11 and length of 18 units;

(2) a width of 3 measuring units of the cross;

And

3) the height of fields 4, the length of the tang-side fields 5 and the length of the outer fields of 10 units.

ARTICLE 3

The government flag is rectangled or trivial. It contains the seal of the cross sacarai as a crest of Finland. The square has a yellow edge with a width of 1/40 of the width of the cross.

The proportions of the national flag are the same as those of the national flag.

The arrears of the arterial flag is equal to one unit of the rectangular stature, with the length of the outer fields of 6 and the length of the language units of 5 units. The middle-of-the-middle language is a flat screen, the chicken with the cross. The outer edges of the outer leaves do not form a corner with the upper or lower edge of the flag.

§ 4

Everyone has the right to flag on the national flag.

The national flag of the Finnish vessel is the national flag, as provided for in Article 5. However, a special flag may be used on board a passenger seat on the seat of the national flag, as specified by the Regulation.

§ 5

The government departments, ministries, government departments, central government offices and agencies, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, the Court of Justice, the Court of Justice, the Regional Administration, Transport and And environmental centres, Finnish diplomatic or equivalent diplomatic or consular missions and consular representations led by the consul, the Bank of Finland, the Social Insurance Institution, the Finnish Academy of Public Law, the Border Guard And State vessels. (22.12.2009)

The Regulation may provide for the use of rectangles by State agencies, institutions and authorities other than those mentioned in paragraph 1. However, the right of police to use rectangular arteries is determined by the Ministry of the Interior.

The arrears of the arteries are used by the armed forces of the armed forces, the mass compartments, the facilities and the ships.

The President of the Republic uses a national flag with a blue-yellow freedom cross on the top of the pole.

ARTICLE 6

In cases other than those referred to in this law, the Finnish flag shall not be placed in any additional pattern.

However, as the flag of the Secretary of Defence and the Commander of the Defence Force, as well as the command flag of a military commander in warships, however, the national flag shall be used by the warships on whose tang side the special President of the Republic The signature pattern.

§ 7

The Finnish flag colours give more precise provisions to the Council of Ministers.

§ 8

Anyone who publicly corrupts the flag of Finland or uses it with disrespectful or unauthorized access to the Finnish flag, which is posted to the public, must be condemned. On desecration of the Finnish flag Fine. (21.4.1995/588)

Unlawfully exercising the flag of the President of the Republic or any other State flag, or using a Finnish flag to which the provisions of Article 6 have been placed in an additional pattern, a flag of Finland shall be marketed by the flag of Finland, or Clearly derogating from the provisions of this Act or of the provisions adopted pursuant to it and the provisions thereof shall be condemned Infringements of the Finnish flag Fine.

§ 9

More detailed provisions on the implementation and application of this law, as well as the flag of Finland, are laid down by the Regulation.

ARTICLE 10

This Act shall enter into force on 1 June 1978. It repeals the Finnish flag of 29 May 1918.

However, before the entry into force of this Act, an association or other Community flag with additional designs against Article 6 (1) may be used up to the end of 1980.

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

21.4.1995/588:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 September 1995.

THEY 94/93 , LaVM 22/94, SuVM 10/94

22.12.2009/14:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2010.

Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.

THEY 161/2009 , HVM 18/2009, EV 205/2009