PART II
PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS AGAINST CONVENTIONS

Notice of trial of protected person to be served on Protecting Power
4.—(1) The court before which —

(a) a protected prisoner of war is brought up for trial for any offence; or

(b) a protected internee is brought up for trial for an offence for which that court has power to sentence him to death or to imprisonment for a term of 2 years or more,

shall not proceed with the trial until it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that a notice containing the particulars mentioned in subsection (2), so far as they are known to the Public Prosecutor, has been served not less than 3 weeks previously on the Protecting Power and, if the accused is a protected prisoner of war, on the accused and the prisoner’s representative.

(2) The particulars referred to in subsection (1), are —

(a) the full name and description of the accused, including the date of his birth and his profession or trade, if any, and, if the accused is a protected prisoner of war, his rank and army, regimental, personal or serial number;

(b) his place of detention, internment or residence;

(c) the offence with which he is charged; and

(d) the court before which the trial is to take place and the time and place appointed for the trial.

(3) For the purposes of this section a document purporting —

(a) to be signed on behalf of the Protecting Power or by the prisoner’s representative or by the person accused, as the case may be; and

(b) to be an acknowledgment of the receipt by that Power, representative or person on a specified day of a notice described therein as a notice under this section,

shall, unless the contrary is shown, be sufficient evidence that the notice required by subsection (1) was served on that Power, representative or person on that day.

Article 67
Rights of the accused
1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(a) To be informed promptly and in detail of the nature, cause and content of the charge, in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks