The national sports colours in respect of a specific sports code must consist of the national sports emblem in conjunction with any such ancillary emblem or motif and any such sportswear or uniform as the Commission may approve.

The Commission may grant approval for the award of national sports colours to any person or national team or sports administrator to participate in an international sports event.

A national sports body or national umbrella sports body desiring to award national sports colours to a sportsperson or national team to participate in international sports event may apply in the prescribed manner to the Commission for written approval to award such national sports colours.

The Commission, with regard to an application made under subsection (3), may approve the application if it is satisfied that:

- the sportsperson or national team has duly excelled in the sports code concerned and duly qualifies for the international sports event concerned;

- the information furnished in the application is correct and complete;

- the prescribed selection criteria and procedures were complied with;

- the approval of the application is in the interest of sport in generalal and the sports code in particular; and

- in the case of an individual sportsperson, the sportsperson is a Namibian citizen, or, in the case of a national team is composed exclusively of Namibian citizens.