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Essential rules. III. Delay in execution of the death penalty
    ARTICLE 101

    If the death penalty is pronounced on a prisoner of war, the sentence shall not be executed before the expiration of a period of at least six months from the date when the Protecting Power receives, at an indicated address, the detailed communication provided for in Article 107.

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