Repatriation shall be effected in
conditions similar to those laid down in Articles
46 to
48 inclusive of the present
Convention for the
transfer of
prisoners of war, having
regard to the
provisions of Article
118 and to those of the following paragraphs.
On
repatriation, any articles of
value impounded from
prisoners of war under Article
18, and any
foreign currency which has not been converted into the
currency of the
Detaining Power, shall be
restored to them. Articles of
value and
foreign currency which, for any
reason whatever, are not
restored to
prisoners of war on
repatriation, shall be despatched to the
Information Bureau set up under Article
122.
Prisoners of war shall be allowed to take with them their
personal effects, and any
correspondence and
parcels which have arrived for them. The
weight of such
baggage may be limited, if the
conditions of
repatriation so require, to what each
prisoner can reasonably carry. Each
prisoner shall in all
cases be
authorized to carry at least twenty-five
kilograms.
The other
personal effects of the
repatriated prisoner shall be left in the
charge of the
Detaining Power which shall have them forwarded to him as soon as it has concluded an
agreement to this
effect, regulating the
conditions of
transport and the
payment of the
costs involved, with the
Power on which the
prisoner depends.
Prisoners of war against whom
criminal proceedings for an indictable
offence are pending may be
detained until the end of such
proceedings, and, if necessary, until the
completion of the punishment. The same shall apply to
prisoners of war already
convicted for an indictable
offence.
