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ARTICLE-4
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... (d) That of
conducting
their
operations
in
accordance
with the
laws
and
customs of war
. ...
ARTICLE-33
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... They shall
continue
to
exercise
their
medical
and
spiritual
functions
for the
benefit
of
prisoners of war
, preferably those belonging to the
armed forces
upon which they depend, within the
scope
of the
military
laws
and
regulations
of the
Detaining Power
and under the
control
of its
competent
services
, in
accordance
with their
professional
etiquette
. They shall also
benefit
by the following
facilities
in the
exercise
of their
medical
or
spiritual
functions
: ...
ARTICLE-35
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...
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
. ...
ARTICLE-54
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... The
working
pay
due
to
prisoners of war
shall be fixed in
accordance
with the
provisions
of Article
62
of the present
Convention
. ...
ARTICLE-59
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...
Cash
which was taken from
prisoners of war
, in
accordance
with Article
18
, at the
time
of their
capture
, and which is in the
currency
of the
Detaining Power
, shall be placed to their separate
accounts
, in
accordance
with the
provisions
of Article
64
of the present Section. ...
...
Cash
which was taken from
prisoners of war
, in
accordance
with Article
18
, at the
time
of their
capture
, and which is in the
currency
of the
Detaining Power
, shall be placed to their separate
accounts
, in
accordance
with the
provisions
of Article
64
of the present Section. ...
ARTICLE-61
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... The
Detaining Power
shall
accept
for
distribution
as
supplementary
pay
to
prisoners of war
sums which the
Power
on which the
prisoners
depend may forward to them, on
condition
that the sums to be
paid
shall be the same for each
prisoner
of the same
category
, shall be
payable
to all
prisoners
of that
category
depending on that
Power
, and shall be placed in their separate
accounts
, at the earliest
opportunity
, in
accordance
with the
provisions
of Article
64
. Such
supplementary
pay
shall not relieve the
Detaining Power
of any
obligation
under this
Convention
. ...
ARTICLE-68
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... Any
claim
by a
prisoner of war
for
compensation
in
respect
of any
injury
or other
disability
arising out of
work
shall be referred to the
Power
on which he depends, through the
Protecting Power
. In
accordance
with Article
54
, the
Detaining Power
will, in all
cases
, provide the
prisoner of war
concerned with a
statement
showing the
nature
of the
injury
or
disability
, the
circumstances
in which it arose and particulars of
medical
or
hospital
treatment
given for it. This
statement
will be
signed
by a
responsible
officer
of the
Detaining Power
and the
medical
particulars
certified
by a
medical officer
. ...
ARTICLE-79
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... In all
cases
the
prisoners
'
representative
must have the same
nationality
,
language
and
customs
as the
prisoners of war
whom he represents. Thus,
prisoners of war
distributed
in different sections of a
camp
, according to their
nationality
,
language
or
customs
, shall have for each section their own
prisoners
'
representative
, in
accordance
with the foregoing paragraphs. ...
ARTICLE-100
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... The
death sentence
cannot be pronounced on a
prisoner of war
unless the
attention
of the
court
has, in
accordance
with Article
87
, second paragraph, been particularly called to the
fact
that since the
accused
is not a
national
of the
Detaining Power
, he is not bound to it by any
duty of allegiance
, and that he is in its
power
as the result of
circumstances
independent
of his own will. ...
ARTICLE-108
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... In any
case
,
prisoners of war
sentenced
to a
penalty
depriving them of their
liberty
shall retain the
benefit
of the
provisions
of Articles
78
and
126
of the present
Convention
. Furthermore, they shall be entitled to
receive
and despatch
correspondence
, to
receive
at least one
relief
parcel
monthly, to take
regular
exercise
in the
open air
, to have the
medical care
required by their
state of health
, and the
spiritual
assistance
they may desire.
Penalties
to which they may be subjected shall be in
accordance
with the
provisions
of Article
87
, third paragraph. ...
ARTICLE-109
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Subject
to the
provisions
of the third paragraph of this Article,
Parties to the conflict
are bound to send back to their own
country
, regardless of
number
or
rank
, seriously
wounded
and seriously
sick
prisoners of war
, after having cared for them until they are fit to
travel
, in
accordance
with the first paragraph of the following Article. ...
ARTICLE-110
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... If no
special agreements
are concluded between the
Parties to the conflict
concerned, to determine the
cases
of
disablement
or
sickness
entailing direct
repatriation
or
accommodation
in a
neutral country
, such
cases
shall be settled in
accordance
with the
principles
laid down in the
Model
Agreement
concerning
direct
repatriation
and
accommodation
in
neutral countries
of
wounded
and
sick
prisoners of war
and in the
Regulations
concerning
Mixed
Medical
Commissions
annexed to the present
Convention
. ...
ARTICLE-120
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...
Death
certificates
in the form annexed to the present
Convention
, or
lists
certified
by a
responsible
officer
, of all
persons
who
die
as
prisoners of war
shall be forwarded as rapidly as possible to the
Prisoner of War Information Bureau
established
in
accordance
with Article
122
. The
death
certificates
or
certified
lists
shall show particulars of
identity
as set out in the third paragraph of Article
17
, and also the
date
and
place
of
death
, the cause of
death
, the
date
and
place
of
burial
and all particulars necessary to
identify
the
graves
. ...
...
Deceased
prisoners of war
shall be
buried
in
individual
graves
unless unavoidable
circumstances
require the use of
collective
graves
.
Bodies
may be cremated only for imperative
reasons
of
hygiene
, on
account
of the
religion
of the
deceased
or in
accordance
with his express wish to this
effect
. In
case
of
cremation
, the
fact
shall be stated and the
reasons
given in the
death certificate
of the
deceased
. ...
... In
order
that
graves
may always be found, all particulars of
burials
and
graves
shall be recorded with a
Graves Registration Service
established
by the
Detaining Power
.
Lists
of
graves
and particulars of the
prisoners of war
interred in cemeteries and elsewhere shall be transmitted to the
Power
on which such
prisoners of war
depended.
Responsibility
for the
care
of these
graves
and for
records
of any
subsequent
moves of the
bodies
shall
rest
on the
Power
controlling the
territory
, if a
Party
to the present
Convention
. These
provisions
shall also apply to the ashes, which shall be kept by the
Graves Registration Service
until proper
disposal
thereof in
accordance
with the wishes of the
home country
. ...
ARTICLE-129
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... Each
High Contracting Party
shall be under the
obligation
to
search
for
persons
alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed, such
grave
breaches
, and shall bring such
persons
, regardless of their
nationality
, before its own
courts
. It may also, if it prefers, and in
accordance
with the
provisions
of its own
legislation
, hand such
persons
over for
trial
to another
High Contracting Party
concerned, provided such
High Contracting Party
has made out a prima facie
case
. ...
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