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9.29.3 Procedures for Transfer of POWs From the Camp.9.29.3.1 Notification of Transfer. In the event of transfer, POWs shall beofficially advised of their departure and of their new postal address. 729 Such notifications shallbe given in time for them to pack their luggage and inform their next of kin. 7309.29.3.2 Baggage. POWs shall be allowed to take with them their personaleffects and the correspondence and parcels that have arrived for them. 731 The weight of suchbaggage may be limited, if the conditions of transfer so require, to what each POW canreasonably carry, which shall in no case be more than 25 kilograms (approximately 55 pounds)per person. 732 9.29.3.3 Forwarding of Mail. Mail and parcels addressed to their former campshall be forwarded to POWs without delay. 7339.29.3.4 Disposition of Community Property and Remaining Property. The campcommander shall take, in agreement with the POW Representative, any measures needed toensure the transport of the POWs’ community property and of the luggage they are unable totake with them in consequence of restrictions imposed by virtue of the second paragraph ofArticle 48 of the GPW (i.e., restrictions on the weight of baggage). 734Power. 7359.29.3.5 Costs of Transfers. The costs of transfers shall be borne by the Detaining9.30 TRANSFER OF POWS TO THE CUSTODY OF ANOTHER DETAINING POWERThe GPW specifies a number of rules that apply to the transfer of POWs by the DetainingPower to the custody of another Detaining Power.9.30.1 Requirements for Transfer to the Custody of Another Detaining Power. POWsmay only be transferred by the Detaining Power to a Power that is a Party to the GPW and after729 GPW art. 48 (“In the event of transfer, prisoners of war shall be officially advised of their departure and of theirnew postal address.”).730 GPW art. 48 (“Such notifications shall be given in time for them to pack their luggage and inform their next ofkin.”).731 GPW art. 48 (“They shall be allowed to take with them their personal effects, and the correspondence and parcelswhich have arrived for them.”).732 GPW art. 48 (“The weight of such baggage may be limited, if the conditions of transfer so require, to what eachprisoner can reasonably carry, which shall in no case be more than twenty-five kilograms per head.”).733 GPW art. 48 (“Mail and parcels addressed to their former camp shall be forwarded to them without delay.”).734 GPW art. 48 (“The camp commander shall take, in agreement with the prisoners’ representative, any measuresneeded to ensure the transport of the prisoners’ community property and of the luggage they are unable to take withthem in consequence of restrictions imposed by virtue of the second paragraph of this Article.”).735 GPW art. 48 (“The costs of transfers shall be borne by the Detaining Power.”).611