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Geneva Conventions Act, 1960 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....power to sentence him to death or to imprisonment for a term of two years or more, shall not proceed with the trial until it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that a notice containing the particulars mentioned in the next following sub-section, so far as they are known to the prosecutor, has been served not less than three weeks previously on the protecting power (if there is a protecting power) and, if the accused is a protected prisoner of war, on the accused and the prisoners' representative. (2) The particulars referred to in the foregoing sub-section are - (a) the full name and description of the accused, including the date of his birth and his profession or trade, if any, and, if the accused is protected prisoner of war, his rank and arm, regimental, personal or serial number; (b) his place of detention, internment or residence; (c) the offence with which he is charged- and (d) the Court before which the trial is to take place and the time and place appointed for the trial. (3) For the purposes of this section a document purporting - (a) to be signed on behalf of the protecting power or by the prisoners representative or by the person accused, as the case may.....

Geneva Convention Act 1960 Chapter IV

Title: Abuse of the Red Cross and Other Emblems

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....for any purpose and it is proved that he used it otherwise than as, or as part of, a trade mark so registered, it shall be a defence for him to prove- (a) that he lawfully used that design or wording for that purpose before the coming into force of this Act; or (b) in a case where he is charged with using the design or wording upon goods, that the design or wording had been applied to the goods before he acquired them by some other person who had manufactured or dealt with the goods in the course of trade and who lawfully used the design or wording upon similar goods before the coming into force of this Act. Section 16 - Use of Red Cross and other emblems on Indian ship or aircraft The provisions of this Chapter extend to the use in or outside India of any emblem, designation, design or wording as is referred to in section 12 on any Indian ship or aircraft.

Geneva Convention Act 1960 Section 12

Title: Prohibition of Use of Red Cross and Other Emblems

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....that is to say, a lion passing from right to left of, and with its face turned towards, the observer, holding erect in its raised right forepaw a scimitar, with, appearing above the lion's back, the upper half of the sun shooting forth rays, or the designation "Red Lion and Sun"; (d) the emblem of a white or silver cross with vertical and horizontal arms of the same length on, and completely surrounded by, a red ground, being the heraldic emblem of the Swiss Confederation; or (e) any design or wording so nearly resembling any of the emblems or designation specified in the preceding clauses of this section as to be capable of being mistaken for, or, as the case may be, understood as referring to, one of those emblems.

Geneva Convention Act 1960 Schedule I

Title: First Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....medical units and establishments clearly visible to the enemy land, air or naval forces, in order to obviate the possibility of any hostile action. Article 43 The medical units belonging to neutral countries, which may have been authorized to lend their services to a belligerent under the conditions laid down in Article 27, shall fly, along with the flag of the convention, the national flag of that belligerent, wherever the latter makes use of the faculty conferred on him by Article 42. (Marking of units of neutral countries.) Subject to orders to the contrary by the responsible military authorities, they may on all occasions, fly their national flag, even if they fall into the hands of the adverse party. Article 44 With the exception of the cases mentioned in the following paragraphs of the present Article, the emblem of the Red Cross on a white ground and the words "Red Cross", or "Geneva Cross" may not be employed, either in time of peace or in time of war, except to indicate or to protect the medical units and establishments, the personnel and material protected by the present convention and other conventions dealing with similar matters. The same shall.....

Wildlife Protection Act Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1887

....."lives stock" includes buffaloes, bulls, bullocks, camels, cows, donkeys goats, horses, mules, pigs, sheeps, yaks and also their young;] (19) "Manufacturer" means a manufacturer of animal articles; (20) "Meat" includes blood, bones, sinew, eggs, fat and flesh, whether raw or cooked, of any wild animal, other than vermin; (21) "National Park" means an area declared, whether under setion 35 of section 38, or deemed, under sub-section (3) of section 66, to be declared, as a National Park; (22) "Notification" means a noification published in the Official Gazette; (23) "Permit" means a permit granted under this Act or any rule made thereunder; (24) "Person" includes a firm; (25) "Prescribed" means by rules made under this Act; 1[(25A) "recognised zoo" means a zoo recognised under section 38H; (25B) "reserve forest" means the forest declared to reserved by the State Government under section 20 of the Indian Forest Act,1927 (16 of 1927);] (26) "sanctuary" means an area declared, whether under section 2[26A] or section 66, to be declared as wild life sanctuary; 2[(27) "specified plant" means any plant specified in Schedule VI;] (28) "special game" means any animal specified in Schedule.....