Geneva Convention Implementing Act, 1936

The Geneva Convention Implementing Act, 1936 gives domestic legal effect to Pakistan's obligations under the international Geneva Conventions protecting wounded and sick members of armed forces — originally the 1929 Convention, and later updated to reflect the 1949 Geneva Red Cross Conventions that Pakistan ratified after independence.

Section 2 is the Act's main protective rule: no one except a person entitled to under the Geneva Convention may use or display the emblem or name "Red Cross," "Red Crescent," "Red Lion and Sun," or "Sun," or any imitation of them, for trade, business, or any other purpose. An exception allows the "Red Cross" emblem to be used in peacetime, with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society's written permission, to identify ambulances or mark aid stations giving free medical treatment.

Section 3 separately bans using the heraldic "white cross on a red ground" emblem (Switzerland's national colours) or any imitation of it for trade or business purposes — this is distinct from the Red Cross/Crescent emblem itself.

Section 4 sets the penalty for violating Section 2 or 3: a fine which may extend to fifty rupees, extending to every knowing participant if the violator is a company or association. Section 5 requires prior sanction from the Federal Government before any criminal court can take up a prosecution under the Act. This is a very old law (1936) whose fifty-rupee maximum fine is clearly outdated by modern standards; anyone relying on the current penalty structure should check whether it has since been revised.