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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/geneva-conventions-act-1957/schedule-THIRD/part-3/chapter-3/crossheading-article-57",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/52",
  "legislation_title": "Geneva Conventions Act 1957",
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  "path": "schedule/THIRD/part/3/chapter/3/crossheading/article-57",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "ARTICLE 57",
  "text": "The treatment of prisoners of war who work for private persons, even if the latter are responsible for guarding and protecting them, shall not be inferior to that which is provided for by the present Convention. The Detaining Power, the military authorities and the commander of the camp to which such prisoners belong shall be entirely responsible for the maintenance, care, treatment, and payment of the working pay of such prisoners of war.\nSuch prisoners of war shall have the right to remain in communication with the prisoners’ representatives in the camps on which they depend.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/52/schedule/THIRD/part/3/chapter/3/crossheading/article-57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:13:37.866578+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}