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.
