Section 5

in time of peace or war, to carry on and assist in work for the improvement of health, the prevention of disease and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world;

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Malaysian Red Crescent Society (Incorporation)

in time of war, to furnish voluntary aid to the sick and wounded both of armies and non-belligerents, to prisoners of war and to civilian sufferers from the effects of war, in accordance with the spirit and covenants of the Geneva

Conventions for the amelioration of the conditions of the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field, signed at

Geneva on 12 August 1949;

to perform all the duties devolved upon a national society by each nation which has acceded to the said

Conventions.

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