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S 650/2003
(3) When raised or carried in a procession with any other flag or flags, the Flag shall be raised or carried—
- (a) in front of the other flag or flags in a single file, or in the position of honour if the other flag or flags are carried side-by-side with the Flag; and
- (b) high on the right shoulder of the standard bearer.
(4) The Flag shall not be displayed below any other flag, emblem or object.
(5) When the Flag is displayed on a platform or stage, the Flag shall—
- (a) be above all decorations;
- (b) subject to sub-paragraph (c), be behind and above any person speaking from the platform or stage; and
- (c) if displayed from a staff standing on the platform or stage, be on the right side of any person speaking from the platform or stage.
(6) The Flag shall not be displayed or carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
(7) The Flag shall not be dipped in salute to any person or thing.
(8) In this rule, unless the context otherwise requires—
- "flag" means any flag that is not the national flag of another State;
- "position of honour", in relation to the display of the Flag side-by-side with, and at the same level as, any other flag or flags, means—
- (a) the left as seen by any spectator facing—
- (i) the Flag and the other flag or flags; or
- (ii) the building on which, or in front of which, the Flag and the other flag or flags are flown; or
- (b) where the Flag and the other flag or flags are carried in a procession, the right as seen by the standard bearers.
- (a) the left as seen by any spectator facing—
