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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-41
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...
Regulations
,
orders
,
notices
and
publications
of every kind relating to the
conduct
of
prisoners of war
shall be issued to them in a
language
which they understand. Such
regulations
,
orders
and
publications
shall be posted in the
manner
described
above and
copies
shall be handed to the
prisoners
'
representative
. Every
order
and
command
addressed to
prisoners of war
individually must likewise be given in a
language
which they understand. ...
...
Regulations
,
orders
,
notices
and
publications
of every kind relating to the
conduct
of
prisoners of war
shall be issued to them in a
language
which they understand. Such
regulations
,
orders
and
publications
shall be posted in the
manner
described
above and
copies
shall be handed to the
prisoners
'
representative
. Every
order
and
command
addressed to
prisoners of war
individually must likewise be given in a
language
which they understand. ...
...
Regulations
,
orders
,
notices
and
publications
of every kind relating to the
conduct
of
prisoners of war
shall be issued to them in a
language
which they understand. Such
regulations
,
orders
and
publications
shall be posted in the
manner
described
above and
copies
shall be handed to the
prisoners
'
representative
. Every
order
and
command
addressed to
prisoners of war
individually must likewise be given in a
language
which they understand. ...
ARTICLE-43
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... Upon the
outbreak of hostilities
, the
Parties to the conflict
shall
communicate
to one another the titles and
ranks
of all the
persons
mentioned in Article
4
of the present
Convention
, in
order
to ensure
equality of treatment
between
prisoners of equivalent rank
. Titles and
ranks
which are subsequently
created
shall form the
subject
of similar
communications
. ...
ARTICLE-44
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... In
order
to ensure
service
in
officers
'
camps
, other
ranks
of the same
armed forces
who, as far as possible, speak the same
language
, shall be assigned in sufficient
numbers
,
account
being taken of the
rank
of
officers
and
prisoners
of
equivalent
status
. Such orderlies shall not be required to perform any other
work
. ...
ARTICLE-78
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... They shall also have the unrestricted
right
to apply to the
representatives
of the
Protecting
Powers
either through their
prisoners
'
representative
or, if they consider it necessary, direct, in
order
to draw their
attention
to any points on which they may have
complaints
to make regarding their
conditions
of
captivity
. ...
ARTICLE-82
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... A
prisoner of war
shall be
subject
to the
laws
,
regulations
and
orders
in
force
in the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
; the
Detaining Power
shall be justified in taking
judicial
or
disciplinary
measures
in
respect
of any
offence
committed by a
prisoner of war
against such
laws
,
regulations
or
orders
. However, no
proceedings
or punishments
contrary
to the
provisions
of this
Chapter
shall be allowed. ...
... A
prisoner of war
shall be
subject
to the
laws
,
regulations
and
orders
in
force
in the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
; the
Detaining Power
shall be justified in taking
judicial
or
disciplinary
measures
in
respect
of any
offence
committed by a
prisoner of war
against such
laws
,
regulations
or
orders
. However, no
proceedings
or punishments
contrary
to the
provisions
of this
Chapter
shall be allowed. ...
... If any
law
,
regulation
or
order
of the
Detaining Power
shall
declare
acts
committed by a
prisoner of war
to be
punishable
, whereas the same
acts
would not be
punishable
if committed by a
member
of the
forces
of the
Detaining Power
, such
acts
shall entail
disciplinary punishments
only. ...
ARTICLE-95
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... A
prisoner of war
accused
of an
offence
against
discipline
shall not be kept in
confinement
pending the
hearing
unless a
member
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
would be so kept if he were
accused
of a similar
offence
, or if it is essential in the
interests
of
camp
order
and
discipline
. ...
ARTICLE-99
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... No
moral
or
physical
coercion
may be exerted on a
prisoner of war
in
order
to induce him to admit himself
guilty
of the
act
of which he is
accused
. ...
ARTICLE-110
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... The
conditions
which
prisoners of war
accommodated in a
neutral country
must fulfil in
order
to
permit
their
repatriation
shall be fixed, as shall likewise their
status
, by
agreement
between the
Powers
concerned. In
general
,
prisoners of war
who have been accommodated in a
neutral country
, and who belong to the following
categories
, should be
repatriated
: ...
ARTICLE-120
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... In
order
that
graves
may always be found, all particulars of
burials
and
graves
shall be recorded with a
Graves Registration Service
established
by the
Detaining Power
.
Lists
of
graves
and particulars of the
prisoners of war
interred in cemeteries and elsewhere shall be transmitted to the
Power
on which such
prisoners of war
depended.
Responsibility
for the
care
of these
graves
and for
records
of any
subsequent
moves of the
bodies
shall
rest
on the
Power
controlling the
territory
, if a
Party
to the present
Convention
. These
provisions
shall also apply to the ashes, which shall be kept by the
Graves Registration Service
until proper
disposal
thereof in
accordance
with the wishes of the
home country
. ...
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