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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
. ...
... The
Detaining Power
may
withdraw
articles of
value
from
prisoners of war
only for
reasons of security
; when such articles are withdrawn, the
procedure
laid down for sums of
money
impounded shall apply. ...
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
. ...
ARTICLE-63
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...
Prisoners of war
shall be permitted to
receive
remittances
of
money
addressed to them individually or
collectively
. ...
ARTICLE-74
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...
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-98
: III. Judicial proceedings [
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... They shall have
permission
to
read
and
write
, likewise to send and
receive
letters
.
Parcels
and
remittances
of
money
, however, may be withheld from them until the
completion of the punishment
; they shall meanwhile be
entrusted
to the
prisoners
'
representative
, who will hand over to the
infirmary
the perishable
goods
contained in such
parcels
. ...
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