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MULTILATERAL CONVENTION-SICK,WOUNDED. JULY 27,1929. 2083 Toutefois, Ie be1Jigerant, oblige d'abandonner des blesses ou des malades a son adversaire, laissera avec eux, autant que les exigences militaires Ie permettront, une partie de son personnel et de son materiel sanitaires pour contri- buer ales soigner. ARTICLE 2. Sous reserve des soins a leur fournir en vertu de l'article pre- cedent, les blesses et les malades d'une armee tombes au pouvoir de l'autre belligerant seront prison- niers de guerre et les regles gene- rales du droit des gens con- cernanties prisonniers leur seront applicables. Cependant, les belligerants res- teront libres de stipuler, en faveur des prisonniers blesses ou malades et au dela des obligations exis- tantes, telles clauses qu'ils juge- ront utiles. ARTICLE 3. Aprea cbaque combat, l'occu- pant du champ de bataille pren- dra des mesures pour rechercher les blesses et les morts et pour les proteger contre Ie pillage et les mauvais traitements. Toutes les fois que les circon- stances Ie permettront, un armis- tice local ou une interruption de feu seront convenus pour per- mettre l'enlevement des blesses restes entre les lignes. ARTICLE 4. Les belligerants se feront con- naitre reciproquement, dans Ie plus bref delai possible, les noms des blesses, des malades et des morts recueillis ou decouverts, sinsi que tous les elements propres a les Identifier. Ils etabliront et se transmet- tront les actes de deces. Ils recueilleront et s'enverront egalement tous les objets d'un usage personnel trouves sur les champs de bataille ou sur les morts, notamment la moitie de A belligerent however when When left In adver· , , Bary'a bands. compelled to leave his wounded or sick in the hands of his adver- sary, shall leave with them, so far as military exigencies permit, a portion of the personnel and materiel of his sanitary service to assist in caring for them. ARTICLE 2. Subject to the care that must Of~':.rbecome prisoDerll be taken of them under the pre- . ceding article, the wounded and sick of an army who fall into the power of the other belligerent shall become prisoners of war, and the ~eneral rules of international law m respect to prisoners of war shall become applicable to them. The belligerents shall remain ~ .\greement between belllgerents. free, however, to agree upon such clauses to the benefit of the wounded and sick prisoners as they may deem of value over and above already existing obliga- tions. ARTICLE S. Afte t th Protection of the revery engagemen, e wonnded and the dead belligerent who remains in pOS- from robbery, etc. session of the field of battle shall take measures to search for the wounded and the dead and to p'rotect them from robbery and ill-treatment. A local armistice or cessation of l\D~:TarmstroBot (talk):iTarmstroBot (talk).ed fire to enable the removal of wounded left between the lines shall be arranged whenever cir- cumstances permit. ARTICLE 4. Belligerents shall mutually for- si!g:.Dtlfie&tlon prov!o ward to each other as soon as poss.ible the names of the wounded, sick and dead taken in charge or discovered by them, as well as all indications which may serve for their identification. They shall draw up and for- Death certificates. ward to each other death cer- tificates. They shall collect and likewise Personal eftects, etc. forward to each other all objects of personal use found on the field of battle or on the dead, espe- cially one-half of their identity