Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093:schedule:3:p20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 20/50)
Character Range: 161300–164131

the Red Cross, or of other agencies giving relief to prisoners of war, who may visit the camp.
Article 57
 The treatment of prisoners of war who work for private persons, even if the latter are responsible for guarding and protecting them, shall not be inferior to that which is provided for by the present Convention. The Detaining Power, the military authorities and the commander of the camp to which such prisoners belong shall be entirely responsible for the maintenance, care, treatment, and payment of the working pay of such prisoners of war.
 Such prisoners of war shall have the right to remain in communication with the prisoners' representatives in the camps on which they depend.
Section IV.—Financial Resources of Prisoners of War
Article 58
 Upon the outbreak of hostilities, and pending an arrangement on this matter with the Protecting Power, the Detaining Power may determine the maximum amount of money in cash or in any similar form, that prisoners may have in their possession. Any amount in excess, which was properly in their possession and which has been taken or withheld from them, shall be placed to their account, together with any monies deposited by them, and shall not be converted into any other currency without their consent.
 If prisoners of war are permitted to purchase services or commodities outside the camp against payment in cash, such payments shall be made by the prisoner himself or by the camp administration who will charge them to the accounts of the prisoners concerned. The Detaining Power will establish the necessary rules in this respect.
Article 59
 Cash which was taken from prisoners of war, in accordance with Article 18, at the time of their capture, and which is in the currency of the Detaining Power, shall be placed to their separate accounts, in accordance with the provisions of Article 64 of the present Section.
 The amounts, in the currency of the Detaining Power, due to the conversion of sums in other currencies that are taken from the prisoners of war at the same time, shall also be credited to their separate accounts.
Article 60
 The Detaining Power shall grant all prisoners of war a monthly advance of pay, the amount of which shall be fixed by conversion, into the currency of the said Power, of the following amounts:
               Category I: Prisoners ranking below sergeants: eight Swiss francs.
               Category II: Sergeants and other non‑commissioned officers, or prisoners of equivalent rank: twelve Swiss francs.
               Category III: Warrant officers and commissioned officers below the rank of major or prisoners of equivalent rank: fifty Swiss francs.
               Category IV: Majors, lieutenant‑colonels, colonels or prisoners of equivalent rank: sixty Swiss francs.
               Category V: General officers or prisoners