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e governed by the laws that applied to them before they were interned (e.g., the domestic lawsof their home country or the laws governing the place where they were detained). 41910.24.2 Legal Documents and Assistance. The Detaining Power shall provide allreasonable facilities for the transmission, through the Protecting Power or the CentralInformation Agency for protected persons, or as otherwise required, of wills, powers of attorney,letters of authority, or any other documents intended for internees or sent by them. 420 In allcases, the Detaining Power shall facilitate the execution and authentication in due legal form ofsuch documents on behalf of internees, in particular by allowing them to consult a lawyer. 42110.24.2.1 Safekeeping of Wills. In particular, the wills of internees shall bereceived for safe-keeping by the responsible authorities, e.g., the commandant of the place ofinternment or, on the responsibility of the commandant, a public notary. 422 Upon the internee’sdeath, the will shall be sent to a person whom the internee had designated. 42310.24.3 Management of Internee Property. Because internment is not punishment,enabling internees to manage their property is of major importance. 424The Detaining Power shall afford internees all facilities to enable internees to managetheir property, provided such facilities are not incompatible with the conditions of internmentand the law that is applicable. 425 The law that is applicable may include the Detaining Power’swar regulations relating to enemy property. 426419 GC COMMENTARY 375 (“It must be realized, in fact, that the civil capacity of internees continues to be governedby the laws which applied to them before they were interned. That means that circumstances which modify it orcancel it in normal times (divorce, lunacy, etc.) continue to produce the same effects.”).420 GC art. 113 (“The Detaining Powers shall provide all reasonable facilities for the transmission, through theProtecting Power or the Central Agency provided for in Article 140, or as otherwise required, of wills, powers ofattorney, letters of authority, or any other documents intended for internees or despatched by them.”).421 GC art. 113 (“In all cases the Detaining Powers shall facilitate the execution and authentication in due legal formof such documents on behalf of internees, in particular by allowing them to consult a lawyer.”).422 See GC art. 129 (“The wills of internees shall be received for safe-keeping by the responsible authorities;”); GCCOMMENTARY 504 (“It was seen in Article 113 that in every case the Detaining Power would facilitate the executionand the authentication in due legal form of wills. These documents will be handed to the responsible authorities i.e.to the commandant of the place of internment or, on the responsibility of the commandant, to a public notary whowill ensure their safe-keeping.”).423 Refer to § 10.34.1 (Transmittal of Wills).424 GC COMMENTARY 473 (“Internment, it must be insisted, is not a punishment. It would therefore be unjust if,through the restrictions on freedom which it imposes, it involved disastrous consequences for the internee himselfand the members of his family. In this respect, the granting of permission to internees to manage their property is ofmajor importance.”).425 GC art. 114 (“The Detaining Power shall afford internees all facilities to enable them to manage their property,provided this is not incompatible with the conditions of internment and the law which is applicable.”).426 GC COMMENTARY 473 (“This Article, however, must not be interpreted in such a way as to give the internee aprivileged position by making him not subject to the war regulations relating to enemy property. Clearly, a persondelegated by him could not have greater power than himself and it is for this reason that the text expressly mentionsthe application of the laws in force.”).704