Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954

<p>The Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 10 (N.I.)) was an <a href="/facts/Act_of_Parliament/aaxV1HXy">act</a> of the <a href="/facts/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland/AIEQYKHo">Parliament of Northern Ireland</a>, passed in 1954. It empowered the <a href="/facts/Royal_Ulster_Constabulary/1T9awRV0">Royal Ulster Constabulary</a> (RUC) to order the removal of any "emblem" whose public display was likely to lead to a <a href="/facts/Breach_of_the_peace/Rb257vqs">breach of the peace</a>, with exemption and protection for display of the <a href="/facts/Union_Jack/3MGCpelS">Union Jack</a>. The main emblem targeted under the act was the <a href="/facts/Irish_tricolour/4FhVPzM2">Irish tricolour</a>. The act was bitterly resented by <a href="/facts/Irish_nationalism/fFyubXhY">Irish nationalists</a>, who saw it as deliberately designed to suppress their identity. It was repealed by the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 made by the <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland_Secretary/e1Vs70SF">Northern Ireland Secretary</a> during <a href="/facts/Direct_rule_over_Northern_Ireland/j8pUkoG2">direct rule over Northern Ireland</a>.
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Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954