File:Sual Pangasinan.png

Summary[edit]

The Official Seal of the Municipality of Sual, Pangasinan (Philippines) was designed by Visual Artist Joel Marayag Ferrer a local resident of the town. The artist was commissioned by the Sangguniang Bayan of Sual (Municipal Council) then under Mayor Mariano Verzo and was Officially Adapted in 1987 after it was submitted and approved by the Department of Interior and Local Government under Secretary Nene Pimentel. The Seal show the main feature of the town with the Town Fish port on top with the Sual Bay on the background. Showing the natural harbor shape of the bay with small native sail boats called "Paraws". The design also shows the mountain feature of the town, rice fields, and salt beds. It also depicts a shell on top a woven basket and the Salambao a native fish trapping contraption on the sea with a fish and a sun..

Licensing[edit]

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Non-free use rationale[edit]

For Sual, Pangasinan

• No free equivalent. Being a seal or a Philippine local government unit (LGU), there is obviously no free equivalent.
• Resolution/fidelity. The seal is of a low resolution such that reproduction in other contexts, such as print publication, is not feasible.
• Respect for commercial opportunities. Since this is a seal of a Philippine LGU, there are no commercial opportunities allowed for the use of the seal by the LGU, the copyright holder. Its use in Wikipedia does not infringe on any commercial opportunities.
• Content and Significance. The purpose of a Philippine LGU seal is chiefly to identify the LGU (such as on the facade of the LGU's buildings) and to authenticate official documents when stamped onto them. The usage of the seal in Wikipedia follows this mandate as a means of visual identification of the LGU in appropriate contexts such as in the LGU's article and templates, and in the articles of encompassing or constituent LGUs.

Nature of a Philippine local government unit corporate seal[edit]

Local government units have the power to have a corporate seal. Use of the corporate seal and change thereof requires registration with the Department of Interior and Local Government.^[1] Registration of the seals with the Department of Trade and Industry and the Intellectual Property Office IS NOT required because municipal corporations do not fall within the scope of the term "business" or "enterprise."^[2] The chief purpose of a government seal has been to identify and authenticate documents.^[3]

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History of Image:Sual Pangasinan.gif[edit]

• 2008-06-09T07:43:18Z MBisanzBot (guinea pig) (Talk | contribs) (2388 bytes) (Image template name correction per [[User:MBisanz/BotR]])
• 2008-01-27T00:15:34Z Exec8 (Talk | contribs) (2385 bytes) (==Summary== {{Information |Description = Seal of the Municipality of [[Sual, Pangasinan|Sual]], [[Pangasinan]], [[Philippines]] |Source = Official documents of the Municipality of [[Sual, Pangasinan|Sual]], [[Pangasinan]], [[Philippines]] |Date )