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(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;
(d)any country outside Her Majesty's dominions in which for the time being Her Majesty has jurisdiction ;
(e)any country consisting partly of one or more colonies and partly of one or more such countries as are mentioned in the last foregoing paragraph.
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