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SI/2008-18 February 20, 2008

AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS ACT, AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY AND THE TRADE-MARKS ACT

Order Fixing January 31, 2008 as the Date of the Coming into Force of the Act

P.C. 2008-0189 January 31, 2008

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, pursuant to section 7 of An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, An Act to incorporate the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Trade-marks Act, chapter 26 of the Statutes of Canada, 2007, hereby fixes January 31, 2008 as the day on which that Act comes into force.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The enactment amends the Geneva Conventions Act, An Act to incorporate the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Trade-marks Act to implement the Protocol set out in the Schedule. It also amends An Act to incorporate the Canadian Red Cross Society to provide the same protection for the Red Crescent emblem as that Act provides for the Red Cross emblem, and to add a short title to that Act.