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Back to: Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
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Article 8 - Control

Any Power having recognized one or several hospital and safety zones instituted by the adverse Party shall be entitled to demand control by one or more Special Commissions, for the purpose of ascertaining if the zones fulfil the conditions and obligations stipulated in the present agreement.

For this purpose, members of the Special Commissions shall at all times have free access to the various zones and may even reside there permanently. They shall be given all facilities for their duties of inspection.

Title of the Convention
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Preamble
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Part I : General provisions
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Article 1 - Respect for the Convention
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Article 2 - Application of the Convention
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Article 3 - Conflicts not of an international character
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Article 4 - Definition of protected persons
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Article 5 - Derogations
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Article 6 - Beginning and end of application
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Article 7 - Special agreements
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Article 8 - Non-renunciation of rights
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Article 9 - Protecting Powers
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Article 10 - Activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross
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Article 11 - Substitutes for Protecting Powers
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Article 12 - Conciliation procedure
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Part II : General protection of populations against certain consequences of war
Article 13 - Field of application of Part II
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Article 14 - Hospital and safety zones and localities
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Article 15 - Neutralized zones
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Article 16 - Wounded and sick I. General protection
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Article 17 - Wounded and sick II. Evacuation
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Article 18 - Wounded and sick III. Protection of hospitals
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Article 19 - Wounded and sick IV. Discontinuance of protection of hospitals
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Article 20 - Wounded and sick V. Hospital staff
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Article 21 - Wounded and sick VI. Land and sea transport
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Article 22 - Wounded and sick VII. Air transport
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Article 23 - Consignment of medical supplies, food and clothing
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Article 24 - Measures relating to child welfare
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Article 25 - Family news
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Article 26 - Dispersed families
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Part III : Status and treatment of protected persons
Section I : Provisions common to the territories of the parties to the conflict and to occupied territories
Article 27 - Treatment I. General observations
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Article 28 - Treatment II. Danger zones
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Article 29 - Treatment III. Responsibilities
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Article 30 - Application to Protecting Powers and relief organizations
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Article 31 - Prohibition of coercion
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Article 32 - Prohibition of corporal punishment, torture, etc.
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Article 33 - Individual responsibility, collective penalties, pillage, reprisals
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Article 34 - Hostages
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Section II : Aliens in the territory of a party to the conflict
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Article 35 - Right to leave the territory
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Article 36 - Method of repatriation
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Article 37 - Persons in confinement
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Article 38 - Non-repatriated persons I. General observations
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Article 39 - Non-repatriated persons II. Means of existence
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Article 40 - Non-repatriated persons III. Employment
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Article 41 - Non-repatriated persons IV. Assigned residence. Internment
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Article 42 - Non-repatriated persons V. Ground for internment or assigned residence. Voluntary internment
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Article 43 - Non-repatriated persons VI. Procedure
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Article 44 - Non-repatriated persons VII. Refugees
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Article 45 - Non-repatriated persons VIII. Transfer to another Power
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Article 46 - Cancellation of restrictive measures
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Section III : Occupied territories
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Article 47 - Inviolability of rights
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Article 48 - Special cases of repatriation
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Article 49 - Deportations, transfers, evacuations
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Article 50 - Children
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Article 51 - Enlistment. Labour
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Article 52 - Protection of workers
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Article 53 - Prohibited destruction
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Article 54 - Judges and public officials
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Article 55 - Food and medical supplies for the population
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Article 56 - Hygiene and public health
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Article 57 - Requisition of hospitals
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Article 58 - Spiritual assistance
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Article 59 - Relief I. Collective relief
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Article 60 - Relief II. Responsibilities of the Occupying Power
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Article 61 - Relief III. Distribution
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Article 62 - Relief IV. Individual relief
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Article 63 - National Red Cross and other relief societies
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Article 64 - Penal legislation. I. General observations
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Article 65 - Penal legislation. II. Publication
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Article 66 - Penal legislation. III. Competent courts
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Article 67 - Penal legislation. IV. Applicable provisions
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Article 68 - Penal legislation. V. Penalties. Death penalty
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Article 69 - Penal legislation. VI. Deduction from sentence of period spent under arrest
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Article 70 - Penal legislation. VII. Offences committed before occupation
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Article 71 - Penal procedure I. General observations
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Article 72 - Penal procedure II. Right of defence
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Article 73 - Penal procedure III. Right of appeal
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Article 74 - Penal procedure IV. Assistance by the Protecting Power
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Article 75 - Penal procedure V. Death sentence
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Article 76 - Treatment of detainees
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Article 77 - Handing over of detainees at the close of occupation
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Article 78 - Security measures. Internment and assigned residence. Right of appeal
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Section IV : Regulations for the treatment of internees
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Chapter I : General provisions
Article 79 - Cases of internment and applicable provisions
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Article 80 - Civil capacity
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Article 81 - Maintenance
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Article 82 - Grouping of internees
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Chapter II : Places of internment
Article 83 - Location of places of internment. Marking of camps
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Article 84 - Separate internment
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Article 85 - Accommodation, hygiene
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Article 86 - Premises for religious services
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Article 87 - Canteens
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Article 88 - Air raid shelters. Protective measures
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Chapter III : Food and clothing
Article 89 - Food
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Article 90 - Clothing
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Chapter IV : Hygiene and medical attention
Article 91 - Medical attention
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Article 92 - Medical inspections
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Chapter V : Religious, intellectual and physical activities
Article 93 - Religious duties
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Article 94 - Recreation, study, sports and games
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Article 95 - Working conditions
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Article 96 - Labour detachments
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Chapter VI : Personal property and financial resources
Article 97 - Valuables and personal effects
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Article 98 - Financial resources and individual accounts
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Chapter VII : Administration and discipline
Article 99 - Camp administration. Posting of the Convention and of orders
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Article 100 - General discipline
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Article 101 - Complaints and petitions
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Article 102 - Internee committees I. Election of members
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Article 103 - Internee committees II. Duties
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Article 104 - Internee committees III. Prerogatives
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Chapter VIII : Relations with the exterior
Article 105 - Notification of measures taken
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Article 106 - Internment card
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Article 107 - Correspondence
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Article 108 - Relief shipments I. General principles
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Article 109 - Relief shipments II. Collective relief
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Article 110 - Relief shipments III. Exemption from postal and transport charges
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Article 111 - Special means of transport
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Article 112 - Censorship and examination
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Article 113 - Execution and transmission of legal documents
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Article 114 - Management of property
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Article 115 - Facilities for preparation and conduct of cases
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Article 116 - Visits
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Chapter IX : Penal and disciplinary sanctions
Article 117 - General provisions. Applicable legislation
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Article 118 - Penalties
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Article 119 - Disciplinary punishments
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Article 120 - Escapes
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Article 121 - Connected offences
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Article 122 - Investigations. Confinement awaiting hearing
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Article 123 - Competent authorities. Procedure
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Article 124 - Premises for disciplinary punishments
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Article 125 - Essential safeguards
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Article 126 - Provisions applicable to judicial proceedings
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Chapter X : Transfers of internees
Article 127 - Conditions
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Article 128 - Method
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Chapter XI : Deaths
Article 129 - Wills. Death certificates
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Article 130 - Burial. Cremation
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Article 131 - Internees killed or injured in special circumstances
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Chapter XII : Release, repatriation and accommodation in neutral countries
Article 132 - During hostilities or occupation
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Article 133 - After the close of hostilities
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Article 134 - Repatriation and return to the last place of residence
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Article 135 - Costs
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Part III : Status and treatment of protected persons - Section V : Information bureaux and central agency
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Article 136 - National Bureaux
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Article 137 - Transmission of information
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Article 138 - Particulars required
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Article 139 - Forwarding of personal valuables
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Article 140 - Central Agency
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Article 141 - Exemption from charges
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Part IV. Execution of the Convention
Part IV - Section I: General provisions
Article 142 - Relief societies and other organizations
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Article 143 - Supervision
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Article 144 - Dissemination of the Convention
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Article 145 - Translations. Rules of application
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Article 146 - Penal sanctions I. General observations
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Article 147 - Penal sanctions II. Grave breaches
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Article 148 - Penal sanctions III. Responsibilities of the Contracting Parties
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Article 149 - Enquiry procedure
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Part IV: Execution of the Convention - Section II: Final provisions
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Article 150 - Languages
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Article 151 - Signature
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Article 152 - Ratification
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Article 153 - Coming into force
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Article 154 - Relation with the Hague Conventions
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Article 155 - Accession
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Article 156 - Notification of accessions
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Article 157 - Immediate effect
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Article 158 - Denunciation
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Article 159 - Registration with the United Nations
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Testimonium
Annex I: Draft agreement relating to hospital and safety zones and localities
Article 1 - Beneficiaries
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Article 2 - Prohibited work
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Article 3 - Prohibited access
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Article 4 - Conditions
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Article 5 - Obligations
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Article 6 - Marking
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Article 7 - Notification and Recognition
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Article 8 - Control
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Article 9 - Sanctions
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Article 10 - Nomination of Members of the Commissions
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Article 11 - Respect for the Zones
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Article 12 - Occupation
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Article 13 - Hospital Localities
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Annex II. Draft Regulations concerning Collective Relief
Article 1 - The Role of the Internee Committees
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Article 2 - A Special Case: Medical Stores
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Article 3 - Receipt of Supplies
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Article 4 - Supervision of distribution in "Annexes" of places of internment
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Article 5 - Forms or Questionnaires Concerning Relief Supplies
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Article 6 - Warehouses
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Article 7 - Purchases in the Country of Internment
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Article 8 - Other Methods of Allocating Collective Relief
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I. - Annex III - Internment card
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II. - Annex III - Letter
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III. - Annex III - Correspondence card
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