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Procedure. III. Notification of proceedings
    ARTICLE 104

    In any case in which the Detaining Power has decided to institute judicial proceedings against a prisoner of war, it shall notify the Protecting Power as soon as possible and at least three weeks before the opening of the trial. This period of three weeks shall run as from the day on which such notification reaches the Protecting Power at the address previously indicated by the latter to the Detaining Power.

    The said notification shall contain the following information:

    (1) surname and first names of the prisoner of war, his rank, his army, regimental, personal or serial number, his date of birth, and his profession or trade, if any;

    (2) place of internment or confinement;

    (3) specification of the charge or charges on which the prisoner of war is to be arraigned, giving the legal provisions applicable;

    (4) designation of the court which will try the case, likewise the date and place fixed for the opening of the trial.

    The same communication shall be made by the Detaining Power to the prisoners' representative.
    If no evidence is submitted, at the opening of a trial, that the notification referred to above was received by the Protecting Power, by the prisoner of war and by the prisoners' representative concerned, at least three weeks before the opening of the trial, then the latter cannot take place and must be adjourned.


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