(English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 9 August 2007.) ACT To provide statutory recognition for the South African Red Cross Society; and to provide statutory protection for certain emblems; and to provide for matters connected therewith. IT ENACTED B E follows:- by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as PARTl Definitions Definitions 5 1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise- "Conventions" means the four Geneva Conventions and the Protocols additional to those Conventions, listed in the Schedule; "emblem" means the red cross and the red crescent; "International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement" means the Interna- 10 tional Committee of the Red Cross (JCRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the various national Red Cross or Red Crescent societies; "Minister" means the Minister of Health; "red crescent", when used to signify an heraldic emblem, means an emblem 15 depicting a red crescent moon, on white ground; "red cross", when used to signify an heraldic emblem, means an emblem depicting a red cross with branches of equal length, on white ground, formed by reversing the colours of the Swiss Confederation; "the Society" means the South African Red Cross Society referred to in section 2; 20 "this Act" includes any regulation made thereunder. PART 2 South African Red Cross Society Statutory recognition of South African Red Cross Society 2. The South African Red Cross Society which existed when this Act took effect and 25 which is a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, is hereby recognised as the national Red Cross society for the Republic, Objects of Society 3. The objects of the Society are to prevent and alleviate human suffering and to foster human dignity in all communities. 30