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Amended Law of the Jordan National Red Crescent Society for the year 2009
We, Abdullah the second Ibn Al-Hussien, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, according to Article (31) of the Constitution and to the decision of the Upper House and Lower House, endorse the following Law and order its legislation and to add it to the state's
Law no. (3) for the year 2009
Amendment of the law of the Jordan National Red Crescent SocietyArticle (1)
This Law shall be called the Amended Law of the Jordan National Red Crescent Society for the year 2009, and shall be implemented with Law no. 3 for the year 1969, referred to hereafter as the Original Law, and shall enter into effect as of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article (2)
Clause (B) of Article (5) of the Original Law shall be cancelled and substituted with the following clauses:
B1- According to the stipulations of this Law, the word "emblem" means the emblem of the red crescent or red cross, as well as any other emblem that may be adopted based on an international convention effective in the Kingdom.
B2- The Emblem and its names shall be protected in times of peace and war, according to the stipulations of this Law.
C- Any person having committed the following acts shall be penalized by imprisonment for a minimum period of 3 months and a maximum of 3 years or shall pay a minimum of fine of JD100 and a maximum of JD 1000, or face both penalties altogether:
1- Deliberately or unrightfully using or naming the Emblem, or using or naming a symbol imitating it or that may lead to obscurity for any reason whatsoever.
2- Deliberately placing the Emblem on the boards of shops, stickers, publicity or commercials, commercial papers, commodities, wrapping or selling or promoting commodities using the Emblem.
D- If any entity commits the acts in Clause C, the penalties stipulated in the Penal Code shall be implemented against it, and the people who have committed the acts or ordered them in the name of the entity shall face the penalties stipulated in the same paragraph.
E- If any of the acts in Clause C are committed, the court shall order the elimination of it at the expense of the violator, and the confiscation or destruction of the seized material or any material used to commit the acts.
F- Anyone who uses or orders the use of the Emblem with deceptive intentions in times of war and armed conflicts in a manner that leads to serious damages to the health of people or their physical integrity shall be imprisoned with temporary hard labor for the minimum of 10 years. If the committed act leads to decease, the penalty shall be perpetual hard labor while observing more severe punishments mentioned in any other law.
G- The instigator and any accomplice in this crime shall face the same penalty as that of a perpetrator.
Article (3)
The Original Law shall be amended by adding (the following) Articles (40), (41) and (42), and re-numbering Articles from (40) to (43) to become from (43) to (46), respectively:
Article (40)
It shall be prohibited to register associations, trademarks, industrial and trade prototypes, drawings, or patents using any of the Emblems referred to in this Law or their names or using any emblem similar to any of them.
Article (41)
After this Law enters into effect, if any violations of its provisions were detected, violators are granted the maximum of three months to emend the committed violations. In the event that the perpetrator fails to emend the violations within that period of time, the penalties stipulated in this Law shall be imposed on them.
Article (42)
The Society's transferable and non-transferable funds, owned by the Society or used by it to accomplish its objectives, and all donations, grants or assistances given to the Society, no matter what their source is are exempted from all fees and taxes, including building and land taxes inside municipal areas and the general sales tax.
25/11/2008
Abdullah the second Ibn Al-Hussein
Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications
Nasser JudehMinister of Political Development and Minister of State for Legal Affairs
Dr. Kamal NasserMinister of Interior
Eid Al-FayezPrime Minister and Minister of Defense
Eng. Nader Al-ThahabiMinister of Water and Irrigation
Eng. Raed Abu-SawoodMinister of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Salah Al-Deen Al-BashirMinister of Agriculture
Eng. Mzahim Al-MheisenMinister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Abdulraheem OkourMinister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs
Abdulfattah SalahMinister of Labor
Basem Al-SalemMinister of Environment
Eng. Khaled Al-IraniMinister of Planning and International Cooperation
SuhairAI-AliMinister of Tourism and Antiquities
Maha Al-KhateebMinister of Health
Dr. Salah Al-MawajdehMinister of Finance
Dr. Hamad Al-KasasbehMinister of Information and Communications Technology
Bassem Al-RousanMinister of Education
Dr. Tayseer Al-NoeimiMinister of Public Sector Reform
Maher MadadhaMinister of Municipal Affairs
Dr. Shihada Abu-HdeibMinister of Social Development
Hala Bseiso LattoufMinister of Transportation
Eng. Ala'a BataynehMinister of Culture
Nancy BakeerMinister of Higher Education and Research
Dr. Omar ShdeifatMinister of Trade and Industry
Eng. Amer Al-HadidiMinister of Justice
Ayman OudehMinister State for Prime Ministry Affairs
Thoukan Al-GdahMinister of Public Sector Reform
Eng. Sahl MajaliMinister of Energy and Mineral Resources
Eng. Khaldoun Qteishat
[Source: Law No. 3/2009, Official Gazette No. 4945, 4 January 2009. By way of: International Committee of the Red Cross.]
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