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 MULTILATERAL CONVENTION-WAR PRISONERS. JULy 27,1929. 2049 ARTICLE 52. Lea bellig~rants veilleront A ce que les autorites comp~tentes usent de la plus ~ande indulgence dansl'apprkiatlOn de la question de savoU' si une infraction com- mise par un prisonnier de guerra doit ~tre punie disciplinairement oUrl' udici8.lrement. en sera notamment ainsi lorsqu'il s'agira d'aPJ?rkier des faits connexes a I'l§vaslOn ou Ala tentative d'evasion. Un prisonnier ne pOUITa, a rai- son du m~me fait ou du m~e chef d'accusation, ~tre puni qu'une seule fois. AR'1'ICLE 53. aucun prisonnier de guerra frappe d'une peine disciplfuaire, Our la . raison qu'il n'a pas SUbI sa perne. Les prisonniers A rapatrier qui seraient sous Ie coup d'une pour- suite p~ale pourront ~tre exclus du rapatriement jusqu'A la fin de la procMure, et, Ie cas kh~ant, jusqu'A I'exkution de la peine; ceux qui seraient d~jA d~tenus en vertu d'un jugement pourront ~tre retenus jusqu'A la fui de leur detention. Les belligerants se communi- queront les listes de ceux qui ne pourront ~tre rapatries pour les motifs indiques A l'alinea prke- dent. 2.- Peines disciplinaires. ARTICLE 54. Les arr~ts sont la peine dis- ciplinaire la plus severe qui puisse ~tre infligee A un prisonmer de guerre. La duree d'une m~e punition ne peut depasser trente jours. Ce maximum de trente jours ne pourta pas davantaga ~tra de- passe dans Ie cas de plusieurs faits dont un prisonnier aurait a repondre disciplinairement au mo- ment ou il est statue Ason agard, que ces faits soient connexes ou non. ARTICLE 52. Belligerents shall see that. the ~ to be em:- competent authorities exercise the . greatest leniency in deciding the question of whether an infraction committed by a prisoner of war should befunished by disciplinary or judicia measures. This shall be the case especially when it is a question of deciding on acts in connection with escape or attempted escape. A prisoner may not be punished more than once because of the same act or the same count. ARTICLE 53. No prisoner of war on whom a Repatriation provi- disciplina.ry punishment has heen lions. imposed, who might be eliJrible for repatriation, may be kept back because he has not undergone the punishment. Prisoners to be repatriated who might be threatened with a penal prosecution may be excluded from repatriation until the end of the pro<>,eedings and, if n~J until the completion of the pun- ishment; those who might aJ.ready be imprisoned by reason of a sen- tence may be detained until the end of their imprisonment. Belligerents shall communicate to each other the lists of those who may not be repatriated for the reasons given in the preceding paragraph. 2. DISCIPLINARY PUNISHMENTS. ~':pJlnary punish- ARTICLE 54. Arrest is the most severe dis- Arrest. ciplinary punishment which may be imposed on a prisoner of war. The duration of a ~. Ie punish- DuratIon of punish- d.d Dl8nt. ment may not excee This maximum of thirty days Mufmum not to he may not, further, be exceeded m exceeded. the case of several acts for which the prisoner has to undergo dis- cipllile at the time when it is ordered for him, whether or not these acts are connected.
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