Geneva Conventions Act

Marginal note:Definitions

4. In this Part,

“court”

« tribunal »

“court” includes a General Court Martial, a Disciplinary Court Martial and a Standing Court Martial convened or established pursuant to the National Defence Act;

“offence”

« infraction »

“offence” means any act or omission that is an offence under the Criminal Code or any other Act of Parliament or that is a grave breach referred to in section 3;

“prisoners’ representative”

« représentant »

“prisoners’ representative”, in relation to a protected prisoner of war, means the person elected or recognized as that prisoner’s representative pursuant to Article 79 of the Geneva Convention set out in Schedule III;

“protected internee”

« interné protégé »

“protected internee” means a person interned in Canada who is protected by the Geneva Convention set out in Schedule IV;

“protected prisoner of war”

« prisonnier de guerre protégé »

“protected prisoner of war” means a prisoner of war who is protected by the Geneva Convention set out in Schedule III;

“protecting power”

« puissance protectrice »

“protecting power” means

• (a) in relation to a protected prisoner of war, the country or organization that is carrying out, in the interests of the country of which that prisoner is a national or of whose forces that prisoner is or was a member at the time of his being taken prisoner of war, the duties assigned to protecting powers under the Geneva Convention set out in Schedule III, and

• (b) in relation to a protected internee, the country or organization that is carrying out, in the interests of the country of which that internee is or was a national at the time of his internment, the duties assigned to protecting powers under the Geneva Convention set out in Schedule IV.