A Lieutenant General chaired the council, which screened applications made by eligible parties to the municipality of residence.
Order of the British Empire | Order of Australia | Law & Order | Order of the Bath | Order of St Michael and St George | Dominican Order | Royal Victorian Order | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Distinguished Service Order | Veneto | Order of Canada | Order of the Garter | New Order | Order of Saint Benedict | Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Order of the Crown of Italy | order | Independent Order of Odd Fellows | Royal Guelphic Order | Vittorio Gassman | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Vittorio De Sica | Order of St. Olav | Order of St. Gregory the Great | Venerable Order of Saint John | Order of the Star of India | Corinthian order | Order of the Indian Empire | Order of the Rising Sun | Order of St. Anna |
As President of the Italian Republic, Scalfaro was Head of several Italian Orders from 28 May 1992 to 15 May 1999: the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, the Military Order of Italy, the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, the Order of Merit for Labour and the Order of Vittorio Veneto.