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Section 6Sec./Art. 6
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Protective Use by the Philippine Red Cross. The PRC shall be authorized to place medical personnel and medical units and transports at the disposal of the Medical Service of the AFP.
Such personnel, units and transportation shall be subject to military security regulations and may be authorized by the DND to display, as a protective device, the emblem of the Red Cross or where this may enhance protection, to make temporary use of any of the distinctive emblems recognized by, and enjoying equal status, under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols.
Such personnel shall wear armlets and carry identity cards displaying the Red Cross emblem. These armlets and identity cards shall be issued by the DND.
The PRC may be authorized to use the emblem as a protective device for its medical personnel and medical units in accordance with Section 5 of this Act.
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