Editing Treaty of Algeron (section)

=PRISONERS OF WAR=
==Article 24==
The repatriation of prisoners of war and interned civilians shall take place as soon as possible after the coming into force of the present Treaty and shall be carried out with the greatest rapidity. 

==Article 25==
The whole cost of repatriation from the moment of starting shall be borne by the respective governments, under whose Jurisdiction the prisoners are interred, who shall also provide the transport and staff considered necessary to facilitate repatriation. 

==Article 26==
Prisoners of war and interned civilians awaiting disposal or undergoing sentence for offences against discipline shall be repatriated irrespective of the completion of their sentence or of the proceedings pending against them. This stipulation shall not apply to prisoners of war and interned civilians punished for offences committed subsequent to the Tomed Incident. During the period pending their repatriation all prisoners of war and interned civilians shall remain subject to the existing regulations, more especially as regards work and discipline. 

==Article 27==
Prisoners of war and interned civilians who are awaiting disposal or undergoing sentence for offences other than those against discipline may be detained. 

==Article 28==
The Romulan and Federation Government undertake to admit to its territory without distinction all persons liable to repatriation. Prisoners of war or other nationals who do not desire to be repatriated may be excluded from repatriation; but the respective Governments reserve to themselves the right either to repatriate them or to take them to a neutral country or to allow them to reside in their own territories. The respective Government undertakes neither to institute any exceptional proceedings against these persons or their families nor to take any repressive or vexatious measures of any kind whatsoever against them on this account. 

==Article 29==
The Signatories undertake to restore without delay from the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty all articles, money, securities and documents which have belonged to opposing nationals and which have been prior retained by the authorities. 

==Article 30==
The Contracting Parties waive reciprocally all repayment of sums due for the maintenance of prisoners of war in their respective territories. 

==Article 31==
'''THE PRESENT TREATY''', of which the Federation Standard and Romulan texts are both authentic, shall be ratified.

The deposit of ratifications shall be made as soon as possible. 

'''IN FAITH WHEREOF''' the above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty. 

Done in orbit over Algeron III, 15 March two-thousand-one-hundred-sixty-one, in two copies which will remain deposited in the archives of the United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Star Empire, and of which authenticated copies shall be created as needed.  

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