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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-28
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... When a
camp
is closed down, the
credit balance
of the
special fund
shall be handed to an
international welfare organization
, to be employed for the
benefit
of
prisoners of war
of the same
nationality
as those who have
contributed
to the
fund
. In
case
of a
general
repatriation
, such
profits
shall be kept by the
Detaining Power
,
subject
to any
agreement
to the
contrary
between the
Powers
concerned. ...
ARTICLE-60
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... (a) Shall
continue
to
credit
the
accounts
of the
prisoners
with the
amounts
indicated in the first paragraph above; ...
ARTICLE-63
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... Every
prisoner of war
shall have at his
disposal
the
credit balance
of his
account
as provided for in the following Article, within the
limits
fixed by the
Detaining Power
, which shall make such payments as are requested.
Subject
to
financial
or
monetary
restrictions
which the
Detaining Power
regards
as essential,
prisoners of war
may also have payments made abroad. In this
case
payments addressed by
prisoners of war
to dependants shall be given
priority
. ...
... 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-65
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... When
prisoners of war
are
transferred
from one
camp
to another, their
personal
accounts
will follow them. In
case
of
transfer
from one
Detaining Power
to another, the monies which are their
property
and are not in the
currency
of the
Detaining Power
will follow them. They shall be given
certificates
for any other monies standing to the
credit
of their
accounts
. ...
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
. ...
... 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
. ...
... The
Power
on which the
prisoner of war
depends shall be
responsible
for settling with him any
credit balance
due
to him from the
Detaining Power
on the
termination
of his
captivity
. ...
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