Hence it follows, that, if before this notification the subjects commit any acts of hostility, or do something contrary to the truce, they are liable to no punishment. The powers however, who have concluded the truce, ought to indemnify those, who have suffered and to restore things, as much as possible, to their former state. Lastly if the truce should happen to be violated on one side, the other is certainly at liberty to proceed to acts of hostility, without any new declaration. Yet when it is agreed, that he, who first breaks the truce, shall pay a certain fine, if he pays the fine, or suffers the penalty, the other has not a right to begin acts of hostility, before the expiration of the term. But besides the penalty stipulated, the injured party has a right to demand an indemnification of what he has suffered by the violation of the truce.
Safe conducts are also compacts made between enemies, and deserve to be considered.
The several questions relating to safe conduct may be decided, either by the nature of the privilege granted, or by the general rules of right interpretation. If leave be given to go to a certain part, it implies one also to return, otherwise the former permission would be often useless. There may however be cases, in which the one does not imply the other. A father, who has obtained a passport, cannot take his son with him, nor a husband his wife. As to servants, though not mentioned, it must be presumed allowable to take one or two, or even more, according to the quality of the person.