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ARTICLE-51
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... The
Detaining Power
, in utilizing the
labour
of
prisoners of war
, shall ensure that in
areas
in which
prisoners
are employed, the
national legislation
concerning
the
protection
of
labour
, and, more particularly, the
regulations
for the
safety
of
workers
, are duly applied. ...
ARTICLE-75
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... (a)
Correspondence
,
lists
and
reports
exchanged
between the
Central
Information
Agency
referred to in Article
123
and the
National Bureaux
referred to in Article
122
; ...
ARTICLE-87
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... When fixing the
penalty
, the
courts
or
authorities
of the
Detaining Power
shall take into
consideration
, to the widest
extent
possible, the
fact
that the
accused
, not being a
national
of the
Detaining Power
, is not bound to it by any
duty of allegiance
, and that he is in its
power
as the result of
circumstances
independent
of his own will. The said
courts
or
authorities
shall be at
liberty
to reduce the
penalty
provided for the
violation
of which the
prisoner of war
is
accused
, and shall therefore not be bound to apply the
minimum
penalty
prescribed. ...
ARTICLE-100
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... The
death sentence
cannot be pronounced on a
prisoner of war
unless the
attention
of the
court
has, in
accordance
with Article
87
, second paragraph, been particularly called to the
fact
that since the
accused
is not a
national
of the
Detaining Power
, he is not bound to it by any
duty of allegiance
, and that he is in its
power
as the result of
circumstances
independent
of his own will. ...
ARTICLE-103
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...
Judicial
investigations
relating to a
prisoner of war
shall be
conducted
as rapidly as
circumstances
permit
and so that his
trial
shall take
place
as soon as possible. A
prisoner of war
shall not be confined while awaiting
trial
unless a
member
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
would be so confined if he were
accused
of a similar
offence
, or if it is essential to do so in the
interests
of
national security
. In no
circumstances
shall this
confinement
exceed three
months
. ...
ARTICLE-113
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... 1.
Wounded
and
sick
proposed by a
physician
or
surgeon
who is of the same
nationality
, or a
national
of a
Party
to the
conflict
allied with the
Power
on which the said
prisoners
depend, and who exercises his
functions
in the
camp
. ...
ARTICLE-124
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... The
national
Information Bureaux
and the
Central
Information
Agency
shall enjoy
free
postage for
mail
, likewise all the
exemptions
provided for in Article
74
, and further, so far as possible,
exemption
from
telegraphic
charges
or, at least, greatly reduced
rates
. ...
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