Geneva Conventions Act 1973 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Prevention of Abuse of Red Cross and Other Emblems
9. Prohibition of use of certain words and designs
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A person must not, without the Minister’s authority, use for any purpose whatsoever —
any design consisting of a white or silver cross on a red ground, none of the limbs of which extends to the margin of the ground, being the cross comprised in the Arms of the Swiss Confederation;
any design being a colourable imitation of the design mentioned in paragraph (a); (c)any design being a colourable imitation of the red crescent emblem, the red cross emblem, the red crystal emblem or the red lion and sun emblem; or
red crescent emblem
“red crescent emblem” means the emblem of a red crescent on a white ground as depicted in Part 1 of the Sixth Schedule;
any words so nearly resembling the words “Red Cross” or “Geneva Cross” as to be capable of being understood as referring to the red cross emblem.
red cross emblem
“red cross emblem” means the emblem of a red cross on a white ground formed by reversing the Federal Colours of Switzerland as depicted in Part 2 of the Sixth Schedule;