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ARTICLE-21
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... The
Detaining Power
may
subject
prisoners of war
to
internment
. It may impose on them the
obligation
of not leaving, beyond certain
limits
, the
camp
where they are interned, or if the said
camp
is fenced in, of not going outside its perimeter.
Subject
to the
provisions
of the present
Convention
relative to
penal
and
disciplinary
sanctions
,
prisoners of war
may not be held in close
confinement
except where necessary to
safeguard
their
health
and then only during the continuation of the
circumstances
which make such
confinement
necessary. ...
ARTICLE-60
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... (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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... 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
. ...
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-72
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... The only
limits
which may be placed on these shipments shall be those proposed by the
Protecting Power
in the
interest
of the
prisoners
themselves, or by the
International Committee of the Red Cross
or any other
organization
giving
assistance
to the
prisoners
, in
respect
of their own shipments only, on
account
of
exceptional
strain
on
transport
or
communications
. ...
ARTICLE-106
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... Every
prisoner of war
shall have, in the same
manner
as the
members
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
, the
right
of
appeal
or
petition
from any
sentence
pronounced upon him, with a
view
to the quashing or revising of the
sentence
or the reopening of the
trial
. He shall be fully informed of his
right to appeal
or
petition
and of the
time
limit
within which he may do so. ...
ARTICLE-125
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... The
Detaining Power
may
limit
the
number
of
societies
and
organizations
whose
delegates
are allowed to carry out their
activities
in its
territory
and under its
supervision
, on
condition
, however, that such
limitation
shall not hinder the effective
operation
of adequate
relief
to all
prisoners of war
. ...
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