Presidential Standard Act

Creates a presidential standard for the President; its design is determined by the Cabinet; the President may decide other uses of the standard except as provided.

Jurisdiction: Uganda
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: Chapter 265
Version: 31 Dec 2000
Language: en
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Source attribution: Source: Uganda Legal Information Institute

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Creates a presidential standard for the President; its design is determined by the Cabinet; the President may decide other uses of the standard except as provided. Acts done in respect of the presidential standard that would be offences under the National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Act are offences against the presidential standard. Provisions of the National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Act concerning insults, unauthorised use of the national flag or armorial ensigns, and making regulations apply to the presidential standard as if the presidential standard were mentioned in that Act.

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1. Presidential standard
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Creates a presidential standard for the President; its design is determined by the Cabinet; the President may decide other uses of the standard except as provided.

Section 1. Presidential standard Section 1(1) There is constituted for the President a presidential standard which shall be of such design as the Cabinet may determine. Section 1(2) The presidential standard shall be broken in addition to the national flag on all public occasions on which the President is personally present. Section 1(3) Except as is otherwise provided in this section, the presidential standard may be used in such other manner and on such other occasions as the President may decide.
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2. Offences
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Acts done in respect of the presidential standard that would be offences under the National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Act are offences against the presidential standard.

Section 2. Offences Section Any act or thing done which, if done against the national flag or armorial ensigns, would be an offence under the National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Act, shall, if done in respect of the presidential standard, be an offence against the presidential standard; and accordingly any person who does any such act or thing shall be punished as if he or she had committed an offence under that Act.
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3. Application
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Provisions of the National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Act concerning insults, unauthorised use of the national flag or armorial ensigns, and making regulations apply to the presidential standard as if the presidential standard were mentioned in that Act.

Section 3. Application Section Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Act, in relation to insults, the unauthorised use of the national flag or armorial ensigns and the making of regulations shall apply to the presidential standard as if the presidential standard were mentioned in that Act.

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