The Indian Red Cross Society — THE INDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY ACT, 1920

The Indian Red Cross Society ____________ ACT XV OF 1920 (As amended by Act No. 22 of 1956 and the Adaptation of Laws (No.4) Order 1957 and the Act. 14 of 1992) AND THE RULES MADE BY THE MANAGING BODY FOR THE MANAGEMENT, FUNCTIONS, CONTROL AND PROCEDURE OF THE SOCIETY INDEX Act No. XV of 1920 An Act to constitute Indian Red Cross Society WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the future administration of the various monies and gifts received from the public for the purpose of medical and other aid to the sick and wounded and other purposes of a like nature during the late war, and more especially for the administration of the monies and property held by a Committee known as the Joint War Committee, Indian Branch, of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England and the British Red Cross Society. AND WHEREAS it is expedient to constitute an Indian Red Cross Society with a view to the continuation in peace time, on a wider basis and with a wider purpose, of the work carried on by the said Committee during the war, and to provide for the affiliation therewith of other Societies and Bodies having similar objects; it is hereby enacted as follows: This Act may be called the Indian Red Cross Society Act 1920. There shall be constituted by this Act a Society to be known as the Indian Red Cross Society (hereinafter called the Society). The first Members of the Society shall be nominated by persons who immediately before the commencement of this Act were members of the Joint War Committee, Indian Branch, of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England and the British Red Cross Society (hereinafter called the Committee) at a meeting to be summoned and held for the purpose in accordance with the usual practice of the Committee within three months from the commencement of this Act.