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Law no. 53/91 of August 7th (1991)
legislates about «Heraldry of the “autarchies” and of collective
entities of public administrative utility». The “autarchies”
(autarquias, bodies of locally elected local government) are
the administrative regions, the
municipalities and the
communes. I’m not sure, but I think that
the «collective entities of public administrative utility»
include things like the districts, perhaps the
Commissions of Regional Coordination,
the Metropolitan Areas of Lisbon and Oporto, and so on.
This law omits the autonomous regions
(Madeira and Azores);
this may be a flaw in the law, or may be linked with
the contitutional articles mentioned in the
preambulum.
Note that in Portugal [civic] heraldry still includes [civic] vexillology
to its full extent.
Jorge Candeias, 08 Feb 1999
According to art. 3 of law no.
53/91 of August 7th (1991), both the towns and the cities may adopt their
own symbols, independently of the symbols of the municipality or commune
they are the seat of. As far as I know, none has done it yet.
Jorge Candeias, 08 Feb 1999
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