Article 8.
The religious, medical and hospital staff of hospital-ships and their crews shall be respected and protected;
they
may not be captured while they are in the service of the ship, whether or not there are wounded and sick on board.
Article 17.
The religious, medical and hospital staff of hospital- ships and their crews shall be respected and protected; they may not be captured during the time they are pursuing their duties, whether or not there are wounded and sick on board.
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Article 9.
(a) Military hospital ships, that is to say ships of not less than 2,000 gross registered tons constructed or adapted by states specially and solely with the object of assisting or transporting wounded, sick and shipwrecked, whose names and description have been communicated to the belligerent Powers before they are so employed shall be respected and shall not be attacked or captured while hostilities last.
(b) The details which shall be given in the notification must include gross registered tonnage, length from bow to stern, number of masts and funnels, distinctive features.
Article 9.
Military hospital ships, that is to say, ships built or fitted out by States specially and solely with a view to assisting the wounded, sick or shipwrecked, and whose names and description have been communicated to the belligerent Powers at the commencement or during the course of
hostilities, in any case before they are employed, shall be respected and may not be captured.
Article 1(a)
Military hospital ships, that is to say, ships constructed or adapted by States specially and solely with the view of aiding the wounded, sick and shipwrecked, the names of which have been communicated to the belligerent Powers at the commencement of
or during the course of hostilities, and in any case before they are employed, shall be respected, and cannot be captured while hostilities last.
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Article 10.
(a) For the purposes of the present Convention, "private hospital ships shall mean ships of not less than 2,000 gross registered tons constructed or adapted by private persons, including juridical persons, or officially recognized relief societies, whether of belligerent or neutral countries, specially and solely with the object of assisting wounded, sick and shipwrecked.
(b) Private hospital ships, whose names and description have been communicated to the belligerent Powers before they are used for this object, shall be respected and shall not be attacked or captured while hostilities last.
(c) The details which shall be given in the notification must include gross registered tonnage, length from bow to stern and number of masts and funnels.
(d) The belligerent under whose control a private hospital ship has been placed shall give it an official commission and a certificate that it is
constructed or adapted specially and solely for use as a hospital ship; in the case of a neutral ship the consent of the neutral power shall have been obtained.
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Article 10.
(a) Hospital-ships utilized by private individuals or by officially recognized relief societies shall likewise be respected and exempt from capture, if the belligerent Power to whom they belong has given them an official
commission and notified their names to the hostile Power at the commencement or during the course of hostilities, and in any case before they are employed.
(b) These ships must be provided with certificates from the responsible authorities, stating that the vessels have been under their control while fitting out, and on final departure.
Article 2 and 3
2. (a) Hospital ships, equipped wholly or in part at the expense of private individuals or officially recognised relief societies, shall likewise be respected and exempt from capture, if the belligerent Power to whom they belong has given them an official commission and has notified their names to the hostile Power at the commencement of or during hostilities, and in any case before they are employed.
(b) Such ships must be provided with a document from the proper
authorities declaring
that the vessels have been under their control while fitting out and on final departure.
3. Hospital ships, equipped wholly or in part at the cost of private individuals or officially recognized societies of neutral countries, shall be respected and exempt from capture, on condition that they are placed under La control of one of the belligerents, with the
previous consent of their own Government and with the authorization of the belligerent
himself, and that the latter has notified their name to his adversary at the commencement of or during hostilities, and
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(a) The ships mentioned in
Articles 9 and 10 shall afford relief and assistance to the wounded sick and shipwrecked of the belligerents, whether military or civilian, without distinction of nationality.
(b) Governments undertake not to use these ships for any military purpose and to ensure that they do not in any way hamper the movements of the combatants.
(c) During and after an engagement or in the proximity of legitimate targets they act at their own risk.
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Article 12.
(a) The ships mentioned in Articles 9, 10 and 11 shali afford relief and assistance to the wounded, sick and shipwrecked of the belligerents, without distinction of nationality.
(b) Governments undertake not to use these ships for any .military purpose.
(c) These vessels shall in no wise hamper the movements of the combatants.
(d) During and after an engagement they will act at their own risk,
Article 4(a)
(a) The ships mentioned. in Articles 1, 2 and 3 shall afford relief and assistance to the wounded, sick and shipwrecked of the belligerents without distinction of nationality.
(b) The Governments undertake not to use these ships for any military purpose.
(c) Such vessels must in no wise namper the movements of the combatants.
(d) During and after an engagement they will act at their own' risk and peril.
Article 12.
(a) The ships referred to in Articles 9 and 10 shall be
distinguished by being painted black forward and yellow aft of a vertical line bisecting their length;
the black half shall bear
& yellow cross and the yellow half a black cross which shall extend to the full height of the freeboard; width of these crosses shall be one quarter their height.
the
(b) The visible horizontal surfaces of hospital ships shall be painted white and bear two large red crosses, one forward and one aft.
(c) in twilight and at night the ships referred to in Articlés 9 and 10 shall bear on their sides a horizontal row of green lights from stem to stern and on their sides, decks and super-structure red luminous crosses lit from within. These crosses shall be not less than half the size of the yellow and black crosses referred to in paragraph (C) of this article.
(d) All hospital ships shall make themselves known by hoisting with their national flag a large white flag with a red cross as provided in the International Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded and 'Sick of, Armies in the Field. If they belong to a neutral state they shall also fly at the main mast the national flag of the belligerent whose control they have accepted.
(e) Hospital ships which in accordance with Article 18 are provisionally detained by the enemy shall haul down the national flag of the belligerent to whom they belong.
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Article 24.
Ka) The ships referred to in Articles 9, 10 and 11, shall be distinguished by being painted white outside with a horizontal red band, about a metre and a half in breadth.
(b) The boats of the ships above mentioned, as also small . craft which máy be used for hospital work, shall be distinguished by similar marking.
(c) The decks, funnels and superstructures of the ships mentioned in Section 1 of the present Article shall be painted white and bear large red crosses, so as to render their distinctive emblems plainly visible to the enemy land, air or naval forces.
(d) All hospital-ships shall make themselves known by hoisting, with their national flag, the white flag with a red cross, and further, if they belong to a neutral State, by flying at the main mast: the national flag of the belligerent whose control they have accepted.
(@) Hospital-ships which, in accordance with Article 13, are provisionally detained" by the enemy, shall haul. down the national flag of the belligerent to whom they belong.
(1) The above-mentioned ships and craft which may wish to ensure by night the freedom from interference to which they are entitled, must, subject to the assent of the belligerent they are accompanying, take the necessary measures to render thefr painting and distinctive emblems sufficiently apparent.
Article 5.
(a) Military hospital ships shall be distinguished by being painted white outside with a horizontal band of green about a metre and a half in breadth.
(b) The ships mentioned in Articles 2 and 3 shall be distinguished by being painted white outside with a horizontal band of red about a metre and a half in breadth.
The boats of the ships above-mentioned, as also small craft which may be used for hospital work, shall be distinguished by similar painting.
(c) All hospital ships shall make themselves known by hoisting, with their national flag the white flag with a red cross provided by the Geneva Convention, and further, if they belong to a neutral State, by flying at the main mast the national flag of the belligerent under whose control they are placed.
(d) Hospital ships which under the terms of Article 4 are detained by the enemy must haul down the national flag of the belligerent to whom they belong.
(Cp. G.C. 1906, Arts. 21 and 22).
(e) The ships and boats above mentioned which wish to ensure · by night the freedom from interference to which they are entitled, must, subject to the assent of the belligerent they are accompanying, take the necessary measures to render their special painting sufficiently plain.