ALTERNATIVE NATIONAL FLAG DRAFT LAW APPROVED

SANA'A, April 06 (Saba) - The Cabinet approved on Tuesday a draft
law of the alternative national flag after being reviewed by a
ministerial committee.

The cabinet directed the concerned ministers to follow up the
completion of the necessary constitutional procedures to issue the
law.

The law, which consists of 18 articles, defines the status and
specifications of the national flag and its greeting, as well as the
places and times of events to raise the national flag.

In addition to, the law identifies the prohibitions of the national
flag use and penalties for anybody harms to the flag in any way or
violates its specifications in the manufacturing, printing ,design
,publication ,raising, or using it as a trademark or to advertise
for commercial purposes or other actions that may be meant to
contempt the flag.

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