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Mexico - National ensign

Civil ensign, merchant ensign / Bandera de la Marina Mercante

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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[National Flag of Mexico]
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[National Mexican Flag and Ensign]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, August 31, 2001

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National ensign

The Mexico National Ensign is the present-day National Flag according the Law on las características y el uso del Escudo, la Bandera e Himno Nacional, created by decree published in the DOF of August 17, 1968.
The articles 14 and 15 of that Law stated:

Article 14.- (...) Every single Mexican ship and aircraft shall carry the National Flag, and they shall used it according the corresponding laws and rules (...)

Article 15.- The National Flag shall be hoisted everyday on the "oficinas de población", customs, captainships of port (capitanías de puerto) and international airports.

This Law was abrogated and replaced by the currently in effect Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacionales, published on the DOF on February 23, 1984, to come into effect a day later: Feb. 24, 1984.
Though this law did not modified the National Flag and Coat of Arms features established by its predecessor, since it was promulgated to clarify some details about the National Anthem, several articles were arranged:

Article 15. (...) Every single Mexican aircraft and ship shall carry the National Flag and they shall use it according the corresponding laws and rules. (...)

Article 16. The National Flag shall be hoisted everyday on the buildings see of Powers of the Union, offices of the Migration Department, Customs, Capitanias de Puerto, International Airports; in the Dip