File:Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg

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Summary

Description

English: National emblem of Sri Lanka

Date

15 February 2007

Source

symbol adopted in 1972, created by the committee formed by S.S. Kulathilake, Nissanka Wijerathne, Nandadeva Wijesekera, Senarath Paranavithana, M.R. Premarathne and Roland Silva.

Author

Tonyjeff, based on national symbol.

Permission
(Reusing this file)

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Licensing

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Public domain

This work is in the public domain in Sri Lanka (details). This is because the work falls in one of the following categories defined in the Sri Lanka's Intellectual Property Act, No. 36 of 2003:

Sri Lankan folklore: Perpetual copyright. Permission to make any work derived from folklore must be sought from the Minister in charge of the subject of Culture. This right is claimed worldwide. Works falling in this category are considered unfree on Commons and are not allowed.
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Applied art: 25 years from the date of the making of the work.
Any other type of work: 70 years after death of author, or in the case of works of joint authorship, 70 years after the death of the last surviving author.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:39, 28 December 2020	600 × 851 (95 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Fixed slight path imperfection for the "lion" (sword). Re-optimized svg code before upload. No other changes.
	18:12, 28 December 2020	600 × 851 (114 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Fixed svg display error: in previous version the emblem was truncated (in svg display mode only). Increased nominal dimensions. Optimized svg code with code cleanup and reduction. No other changes.
	17:49, 23 March 2013	425 × 603 (163 KB)	NikNaks	Change lion to that of the updated flag
	23:22, 8 September 2011	425 × 603 (153 KB)	Fry1989	more minor fixes
	03:16, 24 August 2011	425 × 603 (155 KB)	Fry1989	minors
	21:49, 21 January 2011	426 × 604 (139 KB)	Fry1989	margins
	19:07, 15 February 2007	461 × 638 (134 KB)	Tonyjeff	{{Information \|Description=Coat of arms of Sri Lanka. \|Source=symbol adopted in 1972, created by the committee formed by S.S. Kulathilake, Nissanka Wijerathne, Nandadeva Wijesekera, Senarath Paranavithana, M.R. Premarathne and Roland Silva. \|Date=15/02/07