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that care should be taken to avoid any wording which might enable the protection of the Prisoners of War Convention to be claimed for: -

(i) persons using armed force who do not wear a

recognisable uniform or carry arms openly;

(ii) spies and the like;

(iii) persons attacking regular troops treacherously

or under conditions where the troops have no reason to apprehend hostilities and take reason- able precautions to defend themselves;

(iv) persons who take subversive action against a

legally constituted government unless such subversive action becomes a state of civil war;

(v)

a person who uses arms against occupying forces entirely on his own individual initiative;

(vi) bodies who do not conform to the rules and

usages of war and of the Prisoners of War Convention.

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