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FEDERAL NEGARIT GAZETTE
OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

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'1ft; 'OUT cf!1'C ~Ii ADDIS ABABA II th August, 2014
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CONTENTS

Proclamation No. 863/2014

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h",1: 4r1'C ~f~r/lll! PROCLAMATION No. 863/2014

fb.:r-r-k t 4~t."'e ....,.,ht.(\t'e 6T-fll\h A PROCLAMATION TO AMEND THE FEDERAL
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1l",i'fi'fA flD", h'P~ PROCLAMATION No. 654/2009

f""~:" ,,,,,, htp~ <l:1"C ~r~!/flit/i' ",il'i'fA WHEREAS, it has been found necessary to amend
hilL"." tfe; fl0011i: l the Flag Proclamation No. 654/2009;
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fl1t.·.,.,.k.f ~1.t."'e JltJOht-.... .f'e 6T-fll\h U1 NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55
oo'..,il·'" h ,"'1> ~~ (/i) oolPl.'''' f"'l.h·"Il(l)o (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic
;J"(I)o~A I: . Republic of Ethiopia it is 'hereby proclaimed as follows:
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1. Short Title
.eo htp~ "f""~:" ,,,,,, (",i'fi'f.f) htp~ <l:1"C This Proclamation may be cited as "Flag
IAmendment! Proclamation NO.863/2014."
2. Amendment
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1I Article 4 of the Flag Proclamation No. 654/2009 is
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! .,.lPCfI Cl"'l.h·"Il(l)o hJlil h ,.,."'. ! deleted and replaced by the following new Article 4:

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'11\"'1 +') "4,The Flag Day
llthot-'f fll1.(.... '11\"'1 +1 (hH.U 1l1.1\ The National Flag day !hereinafter "the National
"flthot-'l! fll,)'(:" '11\"'1 +1" hf'''l)t\ Flag Day" I shall be celebrated at national level
f"'l.mt-f Ilf'too'l: '1':"9"+ CDC foo1.ootf every year on the first Monday of the Ethiopian
ll'1f flh1C h+~ '(l)l I.hllt-A::" month of Tiki mit.

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21 the following new sub-article (3) is added after
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sub article (2) of Article 22 of Proclamation No.
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654/2009 and Article 22 (3) and (4) are
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renumbered as (4) and (5):
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"rl rflu 1\..,..,.6 "}o-il 1\..,..,.6 no 1:"};J'b "31 Notwithstanding the provision of sub article
(l.ljC9" fUlI'O "'m1lr-:r, 9"hc 0. ..,. Oilt. (2) of this Article when the House of
4\.e OOlJ .err..,.n-l- 1.11. -n~h.t.'l? f'lU"" ."..,.CJ Peoples' Representatives is in recess, the
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Speaker of the House may declare half-
IJ-),;J-?J"f lJ9"hc o.~ 1\~'''1l~ fD'/.m{)"} masting and a national mourning day."
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3. Effective Date
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This Proclamation shall enter in to force on the date
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\ of publication in the Federal Negarit Gazette.

Done at Addis Ababa, this 11th day of August, 2014

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f n..).t'A-l ~"'f '"*fDh&-tLl1! MULATU TESHOME (DR.)

~T"'''-b "'it-IV',,}.). PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

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