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Draft Convention for the Protection of Civilian Populations Against New Engines of War. Amsterdam, 1938.

Chemical, incendiary or bacterial weapons - Art. 8.

Art. 8. The prohibition of the use of incendiary weapons shall apply to projectiles specifically intended to cause fires except when used for defence against aircraft. The prohibition shall not apply:

I. to projectiles specially constructed to give light or to be luminous;

II. to pyrotechnics not normally likely to cause fires;

III.to projectiles of all kinds which, though capable of producing incendiary effects accidentally, are not normally likely to produce such effects;

IV. to incendiary projectiles designed specifically for defence against aircraft when used exclusively for that purpose;

V. to appliances, such as flame-projectors, used to attack individual combatants by fire.

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