8 Short title and extent.U.K.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Geneva Conventions Act 1957.
(2)Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any of the provisions of this Act specified in the Order shall extend, subject to such exceptions and modifications, if any, as may be specified in the Order to—
(a)any of the Channel Islands;
(b)the Isle of Man;
(c)any colony;
F1(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 8(2)(d)(e) repealed (20.7.1998) by 1995 c. 27, s. 5(b); S.I.1998/1505, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 8(2) applied (20.7.1998) by 1995 c. 27, s. 7(4); S.I. 1995/1505, art. 2
C2S. 8(2) applied (2.7.2009) by Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 (c. 6), s. 3(3)