Section 2

“appointed day” means the day on which this Act comes into operation;

“Branch” means any of the Branches of the British Red Cross

Society in Sabah or Sarawak;

“Council” means the Council constituted under section 6;

“Corporation” means the body incorporated under the name of

Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia (or in English the Malaysian

Red Crescent Society) by this Act;

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“former Corporation” means the body incorporated under the name of the Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society by the Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society (Incorporation) Act 1962 [Act No.

4 of 1962];

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for social welfare

Incorporation of the former Corporation and the Branches of the British Red Cross Society in Sabah and Sarawak 3.

The persons who immediately before the appointed day were members of the former Corporation or of any Branch and all such persons as may hereafter become members of the Corporation pursuant to this Act or of any rules or by-laws made thereunder shall be a body corporate by the name of Persatuan Bulan Sabit

Merah Malaysia (or in English the Malaysian Red Crescent Society)

and by such name shall have perpetual succession and may enter into contracts, and may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description, and may convey, transfer, assign, surrender and yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property vested in the Corporation upon such terms as to the Corporation may deem fit, and by the same name may sue and be sued in all courts and in all manner of actions and suits and may do all other matters and things incidental or appertaining to a body corporate.

Objects of the Corporation