Flag of Zimbabwe Act and Regulations from Veritas
Statutory Instrument 194 of 1987
[CAP. 10:10
Flag of Zimbabwe (Use and Application of Flag) Regulations, 1987
IT is hereby notified that the President, in terms of section 5 of the Flag of Zimbabwe Act
[Chapter 10:10], has made the following regulations:—
Title
1. These regulations may be cited as the Flag of Zimbabwe (Use and Application of Flag)
Regulations, 1987.
Interpretation
2. In these regulations—
"Flag" includes any reproduction or likeness of the Flag;
"Secretary" means the Secretary for Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
Control of certain activities in relation to Flag
3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall—
(a) for the purposes of sale, import or manufacture the Flag; or
(b) or the purposes of sale, apply the Flag to or use the Flag on any matter or thing; or
(c) sell the Flag or anything to which the Flag has been applied or on which the Flag has been used;
without the prior permission of the Secretary granted in terms of section 5.
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(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not
exceeding $2000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years 4 or to both such fine and such
imprisonment.
Application for permission to do certain things in relation to Flag
4. Any person who wishes to obtain permission for the purposes of section 3 may apply to the
Secretary, in writing, for such permission, giving details of the activity for which the permission is
required and, if so requested by the Secretary, supplying a sample or description of the Flag, article or
thing concerned.
Grant or refusal of permission
5. (1) Upon receipt of an application in terms of section 4, the Secretary may—
(a) grant the application, if he is satisfied that the activity for which permission is being sought—
(i) will not bring the Flag into disrepute; and
(ii) will not result in excessive exploitation of the Flag from commercial purposes; and
(iii) will generally not be contrary to the public interest;
or
(b) subject to subsection (2), refuse the application, if he is not satisfied as provided in paragraph (a).
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Omitted. This transitional provision expired 3 months after the SI came into force.
This penalty has remained unchanged since 1987. It must now be construed as providing for a
maximum penalty of a fine of level 6 [$300] or 6 months’ imprisonment or both, in order to bring the penalty
into line with the enabling provision in section 5(3) of the Act [as amended by the Criminal Penalties
Amendment Act, 2001].
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