Legal Protection Of State, National And Community Symbols In Slovakia Presented by: Prof. Dr. Škrobák Date: 16 December 2022 Overview - State symbols of the Slovak republic: • Coat of arms • State flaw • State anthem • State seal - Constitution of the Slovak Republic No 460/1992 Coll. (Article 8 thereof) - Act No 63/1993 on the State symbols of the Slovak Republic and their use - ...other laws Brief history - 1848-1918-1939-1945-1990-1992/1993 - Link to Hungarian and Czech State symbols - Link to Slavic identity of Slovaks - Link to predominantly Christian heritage - Link to folk culture - Link to geographical features of Slovakia Legal protection of State symbols - Positive vs. Negative protection - Use in business Use in arts, copyright protection State symbols and public sports events - Criminal liability vs. Administrative Liability - Liability for damage - Crime of disorderly conduct is committed, inter alia, by any person who commits, in words or physically, publicly or in a place accessible to the public, gross indecency or disorder by defamation of a state symbol (Section 364(1)(b) of the Criminal Code) - Section 42(1)(a) of the Infringements Act: A person who intentionally damages, abuses or derogates a State symbol or other symbol protected by a generally binding legal act commits an infringement in the field of general internal administration National symbols - Regulated by Law vs. not regulated by Law Formally acknowledged by Law as national - Symbols: • Emblem of coat of arms • National symbol • The city of martin • Other regulated symbols:  E.g. The flag of the president,  National holidays,  State orders...