Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Protective Use by the Medical Service and Religious Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Under the supervision and control of the Department of National Defense (DND), the Medical Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shall, both in peacetime and during armed conflict, use the Red Cross to identify its medical personnel, medical units and transports on the ground, sea and air.

Medical personnel, organic or attached to the AFP, shall wear armlets and carry identity cards displaying the Red Cross emblem. These armlets and identity cards shall be issued by the DND.

Religious personnel, organic or attached to the AFP, shall be afforded the same protection as medical personnel and shall be identified in the same way.

Where this may enhance protection, medical and religious personnel, organic or attached to the AFP, may, without prejudice to the use of their present emblem, make temporary use of any of the other distinctive emblems recognized by, and enjoying equal status, under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols.