A draft law on official heraldic symbols adopted in first reading

On 6 December 2011, at the meeting of the ninth session the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus discussed a draft of the Law of the Republic of Belarus on Official Heraldic Symbols. The report on the issue was delivered by the Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus V.I. Adamushko. Mr Adamushko noted that this Law is aimed at conducting a single government policy in the creation, establishment, state registration and use of official heraldic symbols and the legal regulation in this field.

The draft law was adopted by the deputies in first reading.