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Do's and Dont's
Do's
- We must respect the flag above all.
- The flag should be of the given standard size.
- Whenever the National flag is flown, it should occupy the
position of honour and be distinctly placed.
- Where the practice is to fly the National flag on any
public building, it shall be flown on that building on all
days, including Sundays and holidays. It shall be flown from
sunrise to sunset irrespective of weather conditions. The
flag may be flown on such a building at night also, but this
should be only on very special occasions.
- The National flag shall always be hoisted briskly and
lowered slowly and ceremoniously. When the hoisting and the
lowering of the flag is accompanied by appropriate bugle
calls, the hoisting and lowering should be simultaneous with
the bugle calls.
- When a National flag is displayed from a staff projecting
horizontally or at an angle from a windowsill, balcony or
front of a building, the saffron band shall be at the
farther end of the staff.
- When the National flag is displayed flat and horizontal
on a wall, the saffron band shall be uppermost and when
displayed vertically, the saffron band shall be to the right
with reference to the flag, i.e. it may be to the right of a
person facing it.
- When displayed over the middle of a street, running
east-west or north-south, the National flag shall be
suspended vertically with the saffron to the north, or to
the east as the case may be.
- When the National flag is displayed on a speaker's
platform, it shall be flown on a staff on the speaker's
right as he faces the audience or flat against the wall
above and behind the speaker.
- When used on occasions like the unveiling of a statue,
the National flag shall be displayed distinctly and
separately.
- When a National flag is displayed alone on a motorcar, it
shall be flown from a staff that should be affixed firmly to
the car in the middle front of the bonnet.
- When a National flag is carried in a procession or a
parade, it shall be either on the marching right, that is
the flag's own right, or if there is a line of other flags,
in front of the centre of the line.
Don'ts
- A damaged or disheveled National flag must not be
displayed.
- The flag must not be dipped in salute to any person or
thing.
- No other flag or bunting shall be placed higher than or
above or side by side with the National flag; nor shall any
object, including flowers or garlands or emblem be placed on
or above the flag mast from which the National flag is
flown.
- The National flag must not be used as a festoon, rosette
or bunting or in any other manner for decoration; nor shall
other coloured pieces of cloth be so arranged as to give the
appearance of the National flag.
- The National flag must not be used to cover a speaker's
desk nor should it be draped over a speaker's platform.
- The National flag must not be displayed with the saffron
down.
- It should not be allowed to touch the ground or the floor
or trail in water.
- It should not be displayed or fastened in any manner as
it may damage it.
- The National flag must not be misused in any manner.
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