Section 9
Prohibition of use of certain words and designs
of Geneva Conventions Act 1962
It shall not be lawful for any person without the authority of the Minister to use for the purposes of his trade or business or for any purpose whatsoever—
(a)
any design consisting of a white or silver cross on a red ground, none of the limbs of which extends to the margin of the ground, being the cross comprised in the Arms of the Swiss Confederation; or
(b)
any design being a colourable imitation of the design mentioned in the last foregoing paragraph; or
(c)
any design being a colourable imitation of the heraldic emblem of the red cross on a white ground mentioned in section 8 or any words so nearly resembling the words
“Red Cross” or “Geneva Cross” as to be capable of being understood as referring to the said emblem.