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ARTICLE-23
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... Whenever
military
considerations
permit
,
prisoner of war
camps
shall be indicated in the
day
-
time
by the
letters
PW or PG, placed so as to be clearly visible from the
air
. The
Powers
concerned may, however,
agree
upon any other
system
of marking. Only
prisoner of war
camps
shall be marked as such. ...
ARTICLE-84
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... A
prisoner of war
shall be tried only by a
military court
, unless the
existing
laws
of the
Detaining Power
expressly
permit
the
civil courts
to try a
member
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
in
respect
of the particular
offence
alleged to have been committed by the
prisoner of war
. ...
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-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
: ...
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