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Malawi Red Cross Society Act, 1966

This section says the Act may be cited as the Malawi Red Cross Society Act. This section defines several terms used in the Act. When this Act starts, the Malawi Red Cross Society is established, the Branch’s assets,…

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Jurisdiction
Malawi
Structure
10 provisions
Citation
Act 51 of 1966
Official identity
Year 1966
Dates
Enacted 1966 · Source version 31 Dec 2014
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Official identity
Year 1966
Dates
Enacted 1966 · Source version 31 Dec 2014
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“This section says the Act may be cited as the Malawi Red Cross Society Act.”

This section says the Act may be cited as the Malawi Red Cross Society Act. This section defines several terms used in the Act. When this Act starts, the Malawi Red Cross Society is established, the Branch’s assets, liabilities, and existing contracts move to the Society, and Branch officers keep corresponding appointments until the rules provide otherwise. The Society is incorporated as a body corporate and may sue and be sued, deal with property, and enter contracts needed for its functions or objects. The Society must carry out listed humanitarian objects and must not make adverse distinctions based on protected criteria while doing so.

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Short title

This section says the Act may be cited as the Malawi Red Cross Society Act.

Section 1

Section 3

When this Act starts, the Malawi Red Cross Society is established, the Branch’s assets, liabilities, and existing contracts move to the Society, and Branch officers keep corresponding appointments until the rules provide otherwise.

Section 3

Recognition of Society as a voluntary aid society

The Government recognizes The Society as a voluntary aid society, and The Society may use the Red Cross emblem and the words “Red Cross” when this is consistent with the Scheduled Conventions.

Section 6

Rules

The Council must make administrative rules for the Society soon after the Act starts, and it may later change, add to, or repeal those rules.

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Source record from malawilii.org · Enacted 1966 · Source version 31 Dec 2014

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Provision 5Commencement 2Short titleOffence
§ 1Short titleShort title

This section says the Act may be cited as the Malawi Red Cross Society Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Malawi Red Cross Society Act.
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§ 2InterpretationCommencement

This section defines several terms used in the Act.

2. Interpretation In this Act, unless a contrary intention appears— “ Branch ” means the Malawi Branch of the British Red Cross Society that was in operation before the commencement of this Act; “ rules ” means administrative rules made under section 10 ; “ Scheduled Conventions ” means the conventions specified in the Schedule; “ Society ” means the Malawi Red Cross Society.
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§ 3Section 3Commencement

When this Act starts, the Malawi Red Cross Society is established, the Branch’s assets, liabilities, and existing contracts move to the Society, and Branch officers keep corresponding appointments until the rules provide otherwise.

3. Establishment and constitution of Society, etc On the commencement of this Act— (a) there shall be established and constituted the Malawi Red Cross Society which shall be the sole national Red Cross Society in Malawi; (b) all the assets and liabilities of the Branch shall be transferred to and be vested in the Society by virtue of this section and without further assurance, and the Society shall have all the powers necessary to take possession of, recover and deal with such assets and discharge such liabilities; (c) all deeds, bonds, instruments and contracts subsisting immediately before the day on which this Act comes into operation to which the Branch is a party shall be of as full force and effect against or in favour of the Society and enforceable as fully and effectually as if, instead of the Branch, the Society were a party thereto; (d) officers of the Branch shall hold corresponding appointments in the Society until other provision is made in accordance with rules made under this Act, and Life Associates and Associates of the Branch shall become corresponding Life Associates and Associates of the Society, but subject to any provision contained in the aforesaid rules.
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§ 4Incorporation of SocietyProvision

The Society is incorporated as a body corporate and may sue and be sued, deal with property, and enter contracts needed for its functions or objects.

4. Incorporation of Society The Society shall be a body corporate under the name of the Malawi Red Cross Society, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to sue and be sued, purchase, acquire, hold, manage and dispose of movable and immovable property, and to enter into any such contracts as it may consider to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of performing its functions or achieving its objects under this Act.
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§ 5Objects of SocietyProvision

The Society must carry out listed humanitarian objects and must not make adverse distinctions based on protected criteria while doing so.

5. Objects of Society (1) The objects of the Society shall be— (a) to furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded in time of war and to non-belligerents and to prisoners of war and civilian sufferers from the effects of war; (b) in the case of catastrophes or public disasters, to provide the victims thereof with relief; (c) in time of peace or war to carry on and assist in work for the improvement of health, the prevention of diseases and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world; (d) to promote the Junior Red Cross movement among the youth of all races; and (e) to propagate the ideals and the humanitarian principles of the Red Cross with a view to developing a feeling of solidarity and mutual understanding among all men and all nations. (2) In pursuing the objects referred to in subsection (1) the Society shall not make any adverse distinction founded on sex, race, nationality, religion or faith, political opinions or any other similar criteria and shall act in accordance with the spirit and principles of the Scheduled Conventions.
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§ 6Recognition of Society as a voluntary aid societyProvision

The Government recognizes The Society as a voluntary aid society, and The Society may use the Red Cross emblem and the words “Red Cross” when this is consistent with the Scheduled Conventions.

6. Recognition of Society as a voluntary aid society The Society is hereby recognized by the Government as a voluntary aid society auxiliary to the public authorities both for the purpose of the Scheduled Conventions and otherwise, and shall have the right in conformity with the Scheduled Conventions to use the heraldic emblem of a red cross on a white ground, formed by reversing the Swiss Federal colours, and the words “Red Cross”.
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§ 7Independence of Society to be respectedProvision

The Society’s independent and voluntary nature must be respected at all times.

7. Independence of Society to be respected The independent and voluntary nature of the Society shall at all times be respected in accordance with the resolution relative to National Red Cross Societies adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the 19th November, 1946.
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§ 8Protection of emblems, etc., offences and penaltyOffence

Most people are prohibited from using the listed protected emblems or similar designs or wording, unless authorized under the Scheduled Conventions.

8. Protection of emblems, etc., offences and penalty (1) No person, other than a person so authorized under the Scheduled Conventions , shall use for any purpose whatsoever any of the following emblems or designations— (a) the emblem of a red cross with vertical and horizontal arms of the same length on, and completely surrounded by, a white ground, or the designation “Red Cross” or “Geneva Cross”; (b) the emblem of a red crescent moon on, and completely surrounded by, a white ground, or the designation “Red Crescent”; (c) the following emblem in red on, and completely surrounded by, a white ground, 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”; or (d) any design or wording so nearly resembling any of the emblems or designations aforementioned as to be capable of being mistaken for, or, as the case may be, understood as referring to, one of those emblems or designations. (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be liable to a fine of £100 and to imprisonment for six months.
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§ 9Council of SocietyProvision

The Society’s governing body is a Council, and the Council may appoint an Executive Committee.

9. Council of Society (1) The governing body of the Society shall be a Council constituted in accordance with rules made under this Act. The Council may from time to time appoint an Executive Committee with such powers and duties as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act. (2) The first members of the Council shall be those persons who, immediately before the coming into operation of this Act, were the members of the Committee of the Branch .
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§ 10RulesRepeal

The Council must make administrative rules for the Society soon after the Act starts, and it may later change, add to, or repeal those rules.

10. Rules (1) The Council shall as soon as possible after the coming into operation of this Act make administrative rules for the management of the affairs of the Society and the accomplishment of its objects, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing may make rules providing— (a) that membership of the Society shall not be withheld from any citizen of Malawi on the grounds of race, class, sex, religion or faith or political opinions; (b) that all members and Associates of the Society shall have representation on the Council. (2) Rules made under this section may from time to time be altered, added to or repealed by the Council, and new rules may from time to time be made in like manner. (3) Rules made under this section need not be published in the Gazette . Schedule Geneva Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick of armed forces in the field, of the 12th August, 1949. Geneva Convention for the amelioration of the condition of wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea, of the 12th August, 1949. Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war, of the 12th August, 1949. Geneva Convention relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war, of the 12th August, 1949.
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3 referenced instruments

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  • British Red Cross Society that was in operation before the commencement of this Act

    Section 2

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  • Society shall be a Council constituted in accordance with rules made under this Act

    Section 9

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  • those rules. 10. Rules (1) The Council shall as soon as possible after the coming into operation of this Act

    Section 10

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