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The amounts shall be paid into the account of every internee, as provided for in Article98 of the GC. 297 Such amounts may not be converted into any other currency unless legislationin force in the territory in which the owner is interned so requires or the internee gives his or herconsent. 29810.19.1.1 Pocket Money for Purchases. Internees may keep on their persons acertain amount of money, in cash or in the form of purchase coupons, to enable them to makepurchases. 299 For example, internees could use this money or scrip to purchase items at thecanteen. 300For security reasons, the amount of money retained by internees generally will besmall. 30110.19.2 Internee Allowances. All internees shall receive regular allowances, sufficient toenable them to purchase goods and articles, such as tobacco, toilet requisites, etc. 302 Suchallowances may take the form of credits or purchase coupons. 303Furthermore, internees may receive allowances from the Power to which they oweallegiance, the Protecting Powers, the organizations that may assist them, or their families, aswell as the income on their property in accordance with the law of the Detaining Power. 304The amount of allowances granted by the Power to which an internee owes allegianceshall be the same for each category of internees (e.g., infirm, sick, pregnant women), but may notbe allocated by that Power or distributed by the Detaining Power on the basis of discriminationbetween internees that is prohibited by Article 27 of the GC. 305297 GC art. 97 (“The amounts shall be paid into the account of every internee as provided for in Article 98.”).298 GC art. 97 (“Such amounts may not be converted into any other currency unless legislation in force in theterritory in which the owner is interned so requires or the internee gives his consent.”).299 GC art. 97 (“Internees may keep on their persons a certain amount of money, in cash or in the shape of purchasecoupons, to enable them to make purchases.”).300 Refer to § 10.12 (Canteens for Internees).301 GC COMMENTARY 424 (“It follows that the amount of money in question will be fairly small. If the DetainingPower considers that it must for security reasons limit very strictly the amount of cash held by the internees, itshould provide them with purchase coupons of sufficient value to enable them to make purchases in the canteens itruns.”).302 GC art. 98 (“All internees shall receive regular allowances, sufficient to enable them to purchase goods andarticles, such as tobacco, toilet requisites, etc.”).303 GC art. 98 (“Such allowances may take the form of credits or purchase coupons.”).304 GC art. 98 (“Furthermore, internees may receive allowances from the Power to which they owe allegiance, theProtecting Powers, the organizations which may assist them, or their families, as well as the income on theirproperty in accordance with the law of the Detaining Power.”).305 GC art. 98 (“The amount of allowances granted by the Power to which they owe allegiance shall be the same foreach category of internees (infirm, sick, pregnant women, etc.), but may not be allocated by that Power ordistributed by the Detaining Power on the basis of discriminations between internees which are prohibited by Article27 of the present Convention.”).687