PART III
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN RESPECT OF PROTECTED PERSONS

6. Notice of trial of protected persons to be served on protecting power

6. (1) The court before which—

(a) a protected prisoner of war is brought up for trial for an 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 two 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 prosecutor, has been served not less than three weeks previously on the protecting power and, if the accused is a protected prisoner of war, on the accused and the prisoners’ representative.

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

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

(b) the place of detention, internment or residence of the accused;

(c) the offence with which the accused 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 prisoners’ representative or by the person accused; and

(b) to be an acknowledgment of the receipt by that power, representative or person on a specified day of a notice described in the document 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