Cap. 359 Art. 4Use of Red Cross Emblem.

(1) The Society shall have the right in conformity with the conventions listed in the Second Schedule to this Act (hereinafter referred to as the listed conventions) to use the emblem of the Red

Cross on a white ground formed by reversing the colours of the Swiss Confederation.

(2) (a) It shall not be lawful for any person other than the Society or any other person authorised under the provisions of the listed conventions to use for any purpose whatever the emblem of the Red Cross, the Red Crescent or any distinctive emblem as is referred to in Article 38 of the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of August 12th, 1949, any colourable imitation thereof, or words "Red Cross" or "Red Crescent" in any language.

(b) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (a) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine (multa) of not more than one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cents (1,164.69).

(3) The Society with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for Civil Protection may by regulations to be published in the Gazette make provision generally for regulating the use of

*See article 1 of the Act as originally enacted, part of which has been omitted under the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980, and Legal Notice 253 of 1998.