National Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a rectangular piece of cloth of sky-blue colour bearing (in its centre) a design of the sun with rays, with a soaring eagle undeneath. All along the flagstaff there runs a vertical band of national ornament. Images of the sun, its rays, the eagle and the ornament are of golden colour. Width/length ratio of the flag is 1: 2.

National Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its design, whatever their size, must strictly conform with the colour and schematic designs of the reference standard of the National Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan kept at the Residence of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 

National Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be raised or hoisted on the following:

1) on the building of the Residence of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on that of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on those of ministries, state committees and such other central executive bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, state bodies directly subordinated and accountable to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Supreme Court and other courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on that of the General Procurator’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, maslikhates, local executive bodies as well as on buildings of diplomatic and trade representations, consular establishments of the Republic of Kazakhstan - on a permanent basis;

 

2) in the study of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the halls meant for holding sessions (both joint and separate) of the Senate and Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, those of the Bureau of Chambers of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, sessions of the maslikhates of the Republic of Kazakhstan as well in the assembly hall of the Constitutional Council, in the halls of court sessions of the Supreme Court, of its boards and other courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan as well as in the premises of gala registration of births and wedlocks - on a permanent basis;

 

3) on the building or inside the premises meant to hold international forums with the participation of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, of chairpersons of Chambers of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the Prime-Minister of the Republic or their plenipotentiary representatives if it is stipulated by the standards of international law or by international treaties concluded by the Republic of Kazakhstan;

 

4) on sea-going vessels, on those of inland navigation and other vehicles, on which the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan or Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan are present;

 

5) as a stern flag on vessels registered in the established order;

 

6) on warships and vessels of the Republic of Kazakhstan - according to military regulations;

 

7) in military formations and units of Armed Forces, in those of Republican Guards of the Republic of Kazakhstan - when taking the oath;

 

8) on buildings of state bodies and entities - on the days of some national holiday of the Republic of Kazakhstan and on red-letter days. Legal standard acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan may also stipulate other cases of obligatory raising or hoisting of the National Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan. National Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan may be hoisted (raised) on other buildings (resp.in premises) at the wish of owners thereof.

 

In case of eventual national mourning the National Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be lovered to half-mast for the timeframe of the national mourning.