Geneva Conventions Act 1957
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Long titleAn Act to enable effect to be given to certain international conventions done at Geneva on the twelfth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and for purposes connected therewith.
Citation5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 52
Territorial extent[b]
Royal assent31 July 1957
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to enable effect to be given to certain international conventions done at Geneva on the twelfth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and for purposes connected therewith. |
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| Citation | 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 52 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 July 1957 |
| Commencement | 31 July 1957[c] |
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Status: Amended | |
| Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that incorporates the provisions of the Geneva Conventions into British law.
One aspect of the act is that it makes wearing the Red Cross symbol illegal in many circumstances, sometimes with curious consequences. In 2011, a British pantomime costume had to be changed in order to comply with the Geneva Conventions Act.[1]
Its provisions were later amended by the Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 and Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009.[2][3]
