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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-71
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Prisoners of war
shall be allowed to send and
receive
letters
and
cards
. If the
Detaining Power
deems it necessary to
limit
the
number
of
letters
and
cards
sent by each
prisoner of war
, the said
number
shall not be less than two
letters
and four
cards
monthly,
exclusive
of the
capture
cards
provided for in Article
70
, and conforming as closely as possible to the
models
annexed to the present
Convention
. Further
limitations
may be imposed only if the
Protecting Power
is satisfied that it would be in the
interests
of the
prisoners of war
concerned to do so owing to difficulties of
translation
caused by the
Detaining Power
's inability to
find
sufficient qualified
linguists
to carry out the necessary
censorship
. If
limitations
must be placed on the
correspondence
addressed to
prisoners of war
, they may be ordered only by the
Power
on which the
prisoners
depend, possibly at the
request
of the
Detaining Power
. Such
letters
and
cards
must be conveyed by the most rapid
method
at the
disposal
of the
Detaining Power
; they may not be delayed or retained for
disciplinary
reasons
. ...
ARTICLE-76
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... The
examination
of
consignments
intended for
prisoners of war
shall not be carried out under
conditions
that will expose the
goods
contained in them to deterioration; except in the
case
of
written
or
printed
matter, it shall be done in the
presence
of the
addressee
, or of a fellow-
prisoner
duly
delegated
by him. The
delivery
to
prisoners
of
individual
or
collective
consignments
shall not be delayed under the
pretext
of difficulties of
censorship
. ...
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