Reprint as at 12 December 2012

Geneva Conventions Act 1958

Public Act1958 No 19
Date of assent18 September 1958
Commencement18 September 1958

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.


An Act to enable effect to be given to certain International Conventions done at Geneva on 12 August 1949 and to certain Protocols additional to those Conventions and for purposes connected therewith

  • Title: amended, on 10 July 1987, by section 2 of the Geneva Conventions Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 144).