GENEVA CONVENTIONS ACT 1957

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART I--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 5 Interpretation  
• 6 Application of Act  
• 6A Application of the Criminal Code  

PART III--LEGAL--PROCEEDINGS IN RESPECT OF PROTECTED PERSONS

• 10A Court may determine whether person is a protected prisoner of war  
• 11 Notice of trial of protected prisoners of war and internees to be served on protecting power etc.  
• 12 Legal representation of prisoners of war  
• 13 Appeals by protected prisoners of war and internees  
• 14 Reduction of sentence and custody of protected prisoners of war and internees  

PART IV--ABUSE--OF THE RED CROSS AND OTHER EMBLEMS, SIGNS, SIGNALS, IDENTITY CARDS, INSIGNIA AND UNIFORMS

• 15 Use of Red Cross and other emblems, signs, signals, identity cards, insignia and uniforms  

PART V--REGULATIONS

• 16 Regulations  
• SCHEDULE 1 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of August 12, 1949
• SCHEDULE 2 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea ofAugust 12, 1949
• SCHEDULE 3 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War ofAugust 12, 1949
• SCHEDULE 4 Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War ofAugust 12, 1949
• SCHEDULE 5 Protocol Additional to theGenevaConventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
• SCHEDULE 6 Protocol Additional to theGenevaConventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III)