In the
absence of stipulations to the above
effect in any
agreement concluded between the
Parties to the conflict with a
view to the
cessation of
hostilities, or failing any such
agreement, each of the
Detaining Powers shall itself
establish and execute without
delay a
plan of
repatriation in
conformity with the
principle laid down in the foregoing paragraph.
The
costs of
repatriation of
prisoners of war shall in all
cases be equitably
apportioned between the
Detaining Power and the
Power on which the
prisoners depend. This
apportionment shall be carried out on the following basis:
(b) If the two
Powers are not contiguous, the
Detaining Power shall bear the
costs of
transport of
prisoners of war over its own
territory as far as its
frontier or its
port of
embarkation nearest to the
territory of the
Power on which the
prisoners of war depend. The
Parties concerned shall
agree between themselves as to the
equitable apportionment of the remaining
costs of the
repatriation. The
conclusion of this
agreement shall in no
circumstances justify any
delay in the
repatriation of the
prisoners of war.
