Chaplains who fall into the hands of the
enemy Power and who remain or are retained with a
view to assisting
prisoners of war, shall be allowed to
minister to them and to
exercise freely their
ministry amongst
prisoners of war of the same
religion, in
accordance with their
religious conscience. They shall be allocated among the various
camps and
labour detachments containing
prisoners of war belonging to the same
forces, speaking the same
language or practising the same
religion. They shall enjoy the necessary
facilities,
including the means of
transport provided for in Article
33, for
visiting the
prisoners of war outside their
camp. They shall be
free to
correspond,
subject to
censorship, on matters
concerning their
religious duties with the ecclesiastical
authorities in the
country of
detention and with
international religious organizations.
Letters and
cards which they may send for this
purpose shall be in
addition to the
quota provided for in Article
71.