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(e) The Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf.
(/) Any other person or organisation authorised by the Bahrain Government.
6. It is forbidden for subjects of foreign nations and foreign institutions and
companies who have been authorised to use flags or emblems under Article 3,
to use their national flags in place of the flags or emblems that they have had
permission to use.
7. Except with the permission of the Bahrain Government every steamer
entering Bahrain territorial waters must hoist to its mainmast the Bahrain Flag,
which must remain raised until the ship leaves territorial waters.
8. Except with the permission of the Bahrain Government all sailing boats,
launches and booms used in Bahrain ports must carry the Bahrain Flag.
9 All boats, registered in Bahrain, must fly the Bahrain Flag when they are
outside Bahrain territorial waters.
10. These regulations do not refer to small flags, or to the flying of flags
on holidays or special occasions.

Schedule No. 1
The Bahrain Flag
The Bahrain Flag is made up of two colours, scarlet and white, the white
portion, which is narrower, runs parallel to the mast. The edge between the red
and the white sections may be straight or serrated, and in the latter case there
should be eight teeth, as shown in fig. 1.
Measurements
If the length of the flag is 5 feet; the width should be 3 feet; and the width of
the white section from the mast 1 foot.
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Schedule No. 2
The Personal Standard of His Highness The Ruler
The Personal Standard of the Ruler is serrated. This flag is a red flag on a
white background. It has a white border on the hoist, and at the top and botto
The centre is scarlet.

Measurements .
If the leneth of the flag is 5 feet; the width should be 4 feet: the ^thof tn
border on the hoist side, l foot; and the width of the border on the top and bottom,
6 inches.

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