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Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act, 1998

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Number 35 of 1998

GENEVA CONVENTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definition.

2.

Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act.

3.

Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act.

4.

Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act.

5.

Substitution of section 5 of Principal Act.

6.

Judicial notice of report of International Fact-Finding Commission.

7.

Additional Schedules to Principal Act.

8.

Certification by order of any reservation or declaration to Protocol I or Protocol II.

9.

Restriction of use of civil defence international distinctive sign and other distinctive signals.

10.

Regulations.

11.

Identity cards for journalists.

12.

Information cards for evacuated children.

13.

Amendment of Red Cross Acts, 1938 to 1954.

14.

Amendment of Prisoners of War and Enemy Aliens Act, 1956.

15.

Restriction of application of section 12 of Extradition Act, 1965 (military offences).

16.

Contributions to International Fact-Finding Commission.

17.

Expenses.

18.

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

SCHEDULE

Schedules to be Inserted into the Principal Act

Acts Referred to

Criminal Justice Act, 1964

1964, No. 5

Extradition Act, 1965

1965, No. 17

Geneva Conventions Act, 1962

1962, No. 11

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851

14 & 15 Vict., c. 93

Prisoners of War and Enemy Aliens Act, 1956

1956, No. 27

Red Cross Act, 1938

1938, No. 32

Red Cross Act, 1954

1954, No. 28

Red Cross Acts, 1938 to 1954

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Number 35 of 1998

GENEVA CONVENTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998

AN ACT TO ENABLE EFFECT TO BE GIVEN TO THE PROTOCOLS ADDITIONAL TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS OF 1949 ADOPTED AT GENEVA ON 8 JUNE 1977 AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS ACT, 1962 , THE RED CROSS ACTS, 1938 TO 1954, AND SECTION 1 OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR AND ENEMY ALIENS ACT, 1956 , AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [13th July, 1998]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: