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ARTICLE-18
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... Sums of
money
carried by
prisoners of war
may not be taken away from them except by
order
of an
officer
, and after the
amount
and particulars of the
owner
have been recorded in a
special
register
and an itemized
receipt
has been given, legibly inscribed with the
name
,
rank
and
unit
of the
person
issuing the said
receipt
. Sums in the
currency
of the
Detaining Power
, or which are changed into such
currency
at the
prisoner
's
request
, shall be placed to the
credit
of the
prisoner
's
account
as provided in Article
64
. ...
ARTICLE-58
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... Upon the
outbreak of hostilities
, and pending an
arrangement
on this matter with the
Protecting Power
, the
Detaining Power
may determine the maximum
amount
of
money
in
cash
or in any similar form, that
prisoners
may have in their
possession
. Any
amount
in excess, which was properly in their
possession
and which has been taken or withheld from them, shall be placed to their
account
, together with any monies
deposited
by them, and shall not be converted into any other
currency
without their
consent
. ...
... Upon the
outbreak of hostilities
, and pending an
arrangement
on this matter with the
Protecting Power
, the
Detaining Power
may determine the maximum
amount
of
money
in
cash
or in any similar form, that
prisoners
may have in their
possession
. Any
amount
in excess, which was properly in their
possession
and which has been taken or withheld from them, shall be placed to their
account
, together with any monies
deposited
by them, and shall not be converted into any other
currency
without their
consent
. ...
ARTICLE-59
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... The
amounts
, in the
currency
of the
Detaining Power
,
due
to the
conversion
of sums in other
currencies
that are taken from the
prisoners of war
at the same
time
, shall also be credited to their separate
accounts
. ...
ARTICLE-60
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... The
Detaining Power
shall
grant
all
prisoners of war
a monthly
advance
of
pay
, the
amount
of which shall be fixed by
conversion
, into the
currency
of the said
Power
, of the following
amounts
: ...
... The
Detaining Power
shall
grant
all
prisoners of war
a monthly
advance
of
pay
, the
amount
of which shall be fixed by
conversion
, into the
currency
of the said
Power
, of the following
amounts
: ...
... However, the
Parties to the conflict
concerned may by
special agreement
modify the
amount
of
advances
of
pay
due
to
prisoners
of the preceding
categories
. ...
... Furthermore, if the
amounts
indicated in the first paragraph above would be unduly high compared with the
pay
of the
Detaining Power
's
armed forces
or would, for any
reason
, seriously embarrass the
Detaining Power
, then, pending the
conclusion
of a
special agreement
with the
Power
on which the
prisoners
depend to vary the
amounts
indicated above, the
Detaining Power
: ...
... Furthermore, if the
amounts
indicated in the first paragraph above would be unduly high compared with the
pay
of the
Detaining Power
's
armed forces
or would, for any
reason
, seriously embarrass the
Detaining Power
, then, pending the
conclusion
of a
special agreement
with the
Power
on which the
prisoners
depend to vary the
amounts
indicated above, the
Detaining Power
: ...
... (a) Shall
continue
to
credit
the
accounts
of the
prisoners
with the
amounts
indicated in the first paragraph above; ...
... (b) May temporarily
limit
the
amount
made available from these
advances
of
pay
to
prisoners of war
for their own use, to sums which are
reasonable
, but which, for
Category
I, shall never be
inferior
to the
amount
that the
Detaining Power
gives to the
members
of its own
armed forces
. ...
... (b) May temporarily
limit
the
amount
made available from these
advances
of
pay
to
prisoners of war
for their own use, to sums which are
reasonable
, but which, for
Category
I, shall never be
inferior
to the
amount
that the
Detaining Power
gives to the
members
of its own
armed forces
. ...
ARTICLE-63
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... In any
event
, and
subject
to the
consent
of the
Power
on which they depend,
prisoners
may have payments made in their own
country
, as follows: the
Detaining Power
shall send to the aforesaid
Power
through the
Protecting Power
a
notification
giving all the necessary particulars
concerning
the
prisoners of war
, the beneficiaries of the payments, and the
amount
of the sums to be
paid
, expressed in the
Detaining Power
's
currency
. The said
notification
shall be
signed
by the
prisoners
and countersigned by the
camp commander
. The
Detaining Power
shall debit the
prisoners
'
account
by a
corresponding
amount
; the sums thus debited shall be placed by it to the
credit
of the
Power
on which the
prisoners
depend. ...
... In any
event
, and
subject
to the
consent
of the
Power
on which they depend,
prisoners
may have payments made in their own
country
, as follows: the
Detaining Power
shall send to the aforesaid
Power
through the
Protecting Power
a
notification
giving all the necessary particulars
concerning
the
prisoners of war
, the beneficiaries of the payments, and the
amount
of the sums to be
paid
, expressed in the
Detaining Power
's
currency
. The said
notification
shall be
signed
by the
prisoners
and countersigned by the
camp commander
. The
Detaining Power
shall debit the
prisoners
'
account
by a
corresponding
amount
; the sums thus debited shall be placed by it to the
credit
of the
Power
on which the
prisoners
depend. ...
ARTICLE-64
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... 1. The
amounts
due
to the
prisoner
or
received
by him as
advances
of
pay
, as
working
pay
or derived from any other
source
; the sums in the
currency
of the
Detaining Power
which were taken from him; the sums taken from him and converted at his
request
into the
currency
of the said
Power
. ...
ARTICLE-65
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... The
Parties to the conflict
concerned may
agree
to notify to each other at
specific
intervals
through the
Protecting Power
, the
amount
of the
accounts
of the
prisoners of war
. ...
ARTICLE-66
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... On the
termination
of
captivity
, through the
release
of a
prisoner of war
or his
repatriation
, the
Detaining Power
shall give him a
statement
,
signed
by an
authorized
officer
of that
Power
, showing the
credit balance
then
due
to him. The
Detaining Power
shall also send through the
Protecting Power
to the
government
upon which the
prisoner of war
depends,
lists
giving all appropriate particulars of all
prisoners of war
whose
captivity
has been terminated by
repatriation
,
release
,
escape
,
death
or any other means, and showing the
amount
of their
credit
balances
. Such
lists
shall be
certified
on each sheet by an
authorized representative
of the
Detaining Power
. ...
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