• Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Act, 2012 (Act No. 8 of 2012)
  • Notice No. 536 of 2012
  • 1. Definitions
  • Chapter 1 : Objects of Act and Enactment of Conventions into Law
    • 2. Objects of Act
    • 3. Applicable law
    • 4. Enactment of Conventions into law
  • Chapter 2 : Breaches of Conventions
    • 5. Breach of Conventions and penalties
    • 6. Failure to prevent breaches of Conventions
  • Chapter 3 : Jurisdiction and Status
    • 7. Jurisdiction
    • 8. Determination of status
  • Chapter 4 : Legal Proceedings
    • 9. Notice to protecting power
    • 10. Legal representation
    • 11. Appeals by protected prisoners of war and protected internees
    • 12. Protected prisoners of war in custody
    • 13. Reduction of sentence
  • Chapter 5 : Use and Protection of Emblems
    • 14. Protection of flags, emblems, designations, signs, signals, designs, wordings, identity
    • 15. Offences and penalties
    • 16. Seizure of certain article or thing
    • 17. Use of Red Cross by South African National Defence Force
    • 18. International Committee of the Red Cross and International Federation of the Red Cross
  • Chapter 6 : General Provisions
    • 19. Regulations
    • 20. Effect of Act on Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
    • 21. Short title and commencement
  • Schedules 1 - 6
    • Schedule 1 : For the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces
    • Schedule 2 : For the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members
    • Schedule 3 : Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949
    • Schedule 4 : Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 194
    • Schedule 5 : Protocol Additional to be the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949
    • Schedule 6 : Protocol Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949