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ARTICLE-14
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Prisoners of war
are entitled in all
circumstances
to
respect
for their
persons
and their
honour
.
Women
shall be treated with all the
regard
due
to their
sex
and shall in all
cases
benefit
by
treatment
as
favourable
as that
granted
to
men
.
Prisoners of war
shall retain the full
civil
capacity
which they enjoyed at the
time
of their
capture
. The
Detaining Power
may not
restrict
the
exercise
, either within or without its own
territory
, of the
rights
such
capacity
confers
except in so far as the
captivity
requires. ...
ARTICLE-44
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Officers
and
prisoners
of
equivalent
status
shall be treated with the
regard
due
to their
rank
and
age
. ...
ARTICLE-45
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Prisoners of war
other than
officers
and
prisoners
of
equivalent
status
shall be treated with the
regard
due
to their
rank
and
age
. ...
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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... 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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... 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
. ...
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-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
. ...
... 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
. ...
ARTICLE-68
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... Any
claim
by a
prisoner of war
for
compensation
in
respect
of
personal
effects
, monies or valuables impounded by the
Detaining Power
under Article
18
and not forthcoming on his
repatriation
, or in
respect
of loss alleged to be
due
to the
fault
of the
Detaining Power
or any of its
servants
, shall likewise be referred to the
Power
on which he depends. Nevertheless, any such
personal
effects
required for use by the
prisoners of war
whilst in
captivity
shall be replaced at the
expense
of the
Detaining Power
. The
Detaining Power
will, in all
cases
, provide the
prisoner of war
with a
statement
,
signed
by a
responsible
officer
, showing all available
information
regarding the
reasons
why such
effects
, monies or valuables have not been
restored
to him. A
copy
of this
statement
will be forwarded to the
Power
on which he depends through the
Central Prisoners of War Agency
provided for in Article
123
. ...
ARTICLE-74
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... All
relief
shipments for
prisoners of war
shall be exempt from
import
,
customs
and other
dues
. ...
...
Correspondence
,
relief
shipments and
authorized
remittances
of
money
addressed to
prisoners of war
or despatched by them through the
post office
, either direct or through the
Information Bureaux
provided for in Article
122
and the
Central Prisoners of War Agency
provided for in Article
123
, shall be exempt from any
postal
dues
, both in the
countries
of
origin
and destination, and in
intermediate
countries
. ...
ARTICLE-105
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... The
prisoner of war
shall be entitled to
assistance
by one of his
prisoner
comrades
, to
defence
by a qualified
advocate
or
counsel
of his own
choice
, to the calling of
witnesses
and, if he deems necessary, to the
services
of a
competent
interpreter
. He shall be advised of these
rights
by the
Detaining Power
in
due
time
before the
trial
. ...
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