CHAPTER 18:09
MALAWI RED CROSS SOCIETY
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Establishment and constitution of Society, etc.
4. Incorporation of Society
5. Objects of Society
6. Recognition of Society as a voluntary aid society
7. Independence of Society to be respected
8. Protection of emblems, etc., offences and penalty
9. Council of Society
10. Rules
Schedule
51 of 1966
An Act to Provide for the Incorporation of the Malawi Red Cross Society and for Matters Incidental Thereto and Connected Therewith
This Act may be cited as the Malawi Red Cross Society Act.
In this Act, unless a contrary intention appears—
“Branch” means the Malawi Branch of the British Red Cross Society that was in operation before the commencement of this Act;
“rules” means administrative rules made under section 10;
“Scheduled Conventions” means the conventions specified in the Schedule;
“Society” means the Malawi Red Cross Society.
3. Establishment and constitution of Society, etc.
On the commencement of this Act—
(a) there shall be established and constituted the Malawi Red Cross Society which shall be the sole national Red Cross Society in Malawi;
(b) all the assets and liabilities of the Branch shall be transferred to and be vested in the Society by virtue of this section and without further assurance, and the Society shall have all the powers necessary to take possession of, recover and deal with such assets and discharge such liabilities;
(c) all deeds, bonds, instruments and contracts subsisting immediately before the day on which this Act comes into operation to which the Branch is a party shall be of as full force and effect against or in favour of the Society and enforceable as fully and effectually as if, instead of the Branch, the Society were a party thereto;
(d) officers of the Branch shall hold corresponding appointments in the Society until other provision is made in accordance with rules made under this Act, and Life Associates and Associates of the Branch shall become corresponding Life Associates and Associates of the Society, but subject to any provision contained in the aforesaid rules.
The Society shall be a body corporate under the name of the Malawi Red Cross Society, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to sue and be sued, purchase, acquire, hold, manage and dispose of movable and immovable property, and to enter into any such contracts as it may consider to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of performing its functions or achieving its objects under this Act.
(1) The objects of the Society shall be—
(a) to furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded in time of war and to non-belligerents and to prisoners of war and civilian sufferers from the effects of war;
(b) in the case of catastrophes or public disasters, to provide the victims thereof with relief;
(c) in time of peace or war to carry on and assist in work for the improvement of health, the prevention of diseases and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world;
(d) to promote the Junior Red Cross movement among the youth of all races; and
(e) to propagate the ideals and the humanitarian principles of the Red Cross with a view to developing a feeling of solidarity and mutual understanding among all men and all nations.
(2) In pursuing the objects referred to in subsection (1) the Society shall not make any adverse distinction founded on sex, race, nationality, religion or faith, political opinions or any other similar criteria and shall act in accordance with the spirit and principles of the Scheduled Conventions.
6. Recognition of Society as a voluntary aid society
The Society is hereby recognized by the Government as a voluntary aid society auxiliary to the public authorities both for the purpose of the Scheduled Conventions and otherwise, and shall have the right in conformity with the Scheduled Conventions to use the heraldic emblem of a red cross on a white ground, formed by reversing the Swiss Federal colours, and the words “Red Cross”.
7. Independence of Society to be respected
The independent and voluntary nature of the Society shall at all times be respected in accordance with the resolution relative to National Red Cross Societies adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the 19th November, 1946.
8. Protection of emblems, etc., offences and penalty
(1) No person, other than a person so authorized under the Scheduled Conventions, shall use for any purpose whatsoever any of the following emblems or designations—
(a) the emblem of a red cross with vertical and horizontal arms of the same length on, and…
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