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PRISONERS OF WAR
or seriously sick, may be repatriated without having to be examined
by a Mixed Medical Commission.
ART. 113. — Besides those who are designated by the medical
authorities of the Detaining Power, wounded or sick prisoners of
war belonging to the categories listed below shall be entitled to
present themselves for examination by the Mixed Medical
Commissions provided for in the foregoing Article:
Prisoners
entitled to
examination
by Mixed
Medical
Commissions
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.
2) Wounded and
representative.
sick
proposed
by
their
prisoners’
3) Wounded and sick proposed by the Power on which they
depend, or by an organization duly recognized by the said
Power and giving assistance to the prisoners.
Prisoners of war who do not belong to one of the three foregoing
categories may nevertheless present themselves for examination by
Mixed Medical Commissions, but shall be examined only after
those belonging to the said categories.
The physician or surgeon of the same nationality as the prisoners
who present themselves for examination by the Mixed Medical
Commission, likewise the prisoners’ representative of the said
prisoners, shall have permission to be present at the examination.
ART. 114. — Prisoners of war who meet with accidents shall,
unless the injury is self-inflicted, have the benefit of the provisions
of this Convention as regards repatriation or accommodation in a
neutral country.
Prisoners
meeting with
accidents
ART. 115. — No prisoner of war on whom a disciplinary
punishment has been imposed and who is eligible for repatriation
or for accommodation in a neutral country, may be kept back on the
plea that he has not undergone his punishment.
Prisoners of war detained in connection with a judicial
prosecution or conviction and who are designated for repatriation
or accommodation in a neutral country, may benefit by such
measures before the end of the proceedings or the completion of the
punishment, if the Detaining Power consents.
Parties to the conflict shall communicate to each other the names
of those who will be detained until the end of the proceedings or the
completion of the punishment.
Prisoners
serving a
sentence
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