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PRISONERS OF WAR
ART. 119. — Repatriation shall be effected in conditions similar
to those laid down in Articles 46 to 48 inclusive of the present
Convention for the transfer of prisoners of war, having regard to the
provisions of Article 118 and to those of the following paragraphs.
On repatriation, any articles of value impounded from prisoners
of war under Article 18, and any foreign currency which has not been
converted into the currency of the Detaining Power, shall be restored
to them. Articles of value and foreign currency which, for any reason
whatever, are not restored to prisoners of war on repatriation, shall be
despatched to the Information Bureau set up under Article 122.
Prisoners of war shall be allowed to take with them their personal
effects, and any correspondence and parcels which have arrived for
them. The weight of such baggage may be limited, if the conditions
of repatriation so require, to what each prisoner can reasonably
carry. Each prisoner shall in all cases be authorized to carry at least
twenty-five kilograms.
The other personal effects of the repatriated prisoner shall be left
in the charge of the Detaining Power which shall have them
forwarded to him as soon as it has concluded an agreement to this
effect, regulating the conditions of transport and the payment of the
costs involved, with the Power on which the prisoner depends.
Prisoners of war against whom criminal proceedings for an
indictable offence are pending may be detained until the end of
such proceedings, and, if necessary, until the completion of the
punishment. The same shall apply to prisoners of war already
convicted for an indictable offence.
Parties to the conflict shall communicate to each other the names
of any prisoners of war who are detained until the end of the
proceedings or until punishment has been completed.
By agreement between the Parties to the conflict, commissions
shall be established for the purpose of searching for dispersed
prisoners of war and of assuring their repatriation with the least
possible delay.
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SECTION III
DEATH OF PRISONERS OF WAR
ART. 120. — Wills of prisoners of war shall be drawn up so as to
satisfy the conditions of validity required by the legislation of their
country of origin, which will take steps to inform the Detaining
Power of its requirements in this respect. At the request of the
Wills, death
certificates,
burial,
cremation
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