# The Geneva Conventions (Overseas Territories) Order 2010, Paragraph 6: Exceptions and modifications to be made in the extension of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957, in accordance with Article 2, to the Territories specified in Schedule 1.


In section 6:–
(a) In subsection (3) for the words “fifty pounds” there shall be substituted the words “five thousand pounds or its equivalent”;
(b) In subsection (4) for the words “the passing of this Act” in the three places where they occur there shall be substituted the date “1st September 1959”;
(c) In subsection (4A) for the second sentence there shall be substituted: “For the purposes of this subsection references in subsection (4) of this section to 1st September 1959 shall be construed as references to 1st May 2002”;
(d) For subsection (4D) there shall be substituted:
“(4D) For the purposes of subsection (4B) of this section references in subsection (4) of this section to 1st September 1959 shall be construed as references to the coming into force of the Geneva Conventions (Overseas Territories) Order 2010”;
(e) In subsection (5) for the word “national” shall be substituted the word “public”;
(f) In subsection (6) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted: “any ship, aircraft or hovercraft registered in the Territory”;
(g) For subsection (7) there shall be substituted:
“(7) Proceedings for an offence under this section shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Territory as appropriate.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2963/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/geneva-conventions-overseas-territories-order-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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