Section 2: Interpretation

(1)
In this Act, the expression "the Conventions" means-
(a) the First Geneva Convention, 1949;
(b) the Second Geneva Convention 1949;
(c) the Third Geneva Convention 1949; and
(d) the Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949,
and such Conventions respectively mean the Convention done in each case at Geneva on the 12th day of August, 1949-
(i) for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field;
(ii) for the amelioration of the condition of wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of the armed forces at sea;
(iii) relative to the treatment of prisoners of war; and
(iv) relative to the protection of civilians in time of war.
(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
"protected internee" means a person protected by the Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949, and interned in Nigeria;
"protected prisoner of war" means a person protected by the Third Geneva Convention, 1949;
''protecting power" in relation to a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee, means the power or organisation which is carrying out, in the interests of the power of which he is a national, the duties assigned to protecting powers under the Third or, as the case may be, Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949;
"solicitor" includes any legal practitioner having the right of audience before the Supreme Court .