Article 268. Mistreatment of prisoners of war
- a) The mistreatment of prisoners of war, if it has taken place repeatedly, or if accompanied by extraordinary harshness, or if directed against persons who are ill or wounded, and in like manner laxity in the performance of obligations toward the sick and wounded by persons responsible for their treatment and care, in the absence of indicia of a more serious crime—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from one to three years;
- b) the mistreatment of prisoners of war in the absence of the aforementioned aggravating circumstances—
- shall be punishable by application of the rules of the Disciplinary Regulations of the Armed Forces USSR.
Article 269. Illegal wearing of emblems of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, and abuse of same
The wearing, in battle zones, of emblems of the Red Cross or Red Crescent by persons not possessed of such right, and in like manner the abuse, during time of war, of flags or emblems of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, or of the color assigned to transportation facilities for medical evacuation—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from three months to one year.
Appendix
LIST OF PROPERTY NOT SUBJECT TO CONFISCATION BY SENTENCE OF A COURT
The following kinds of property and objects, belonging to a convicted person by virtue of personal property rights, or representing his share in communal property, necessary to the convicted person and to persons dependent upon him, are not subject to confiscation.
1. House, plus outbuildings or individual parts’ thereof—in the case of persons whose basic occupation is agriculture, provided the convicted person and his family are permanently domiciled therein.
2. In the case of persons whose basic occupation is agriculture—a sole cow; in the absence of a cow; a sole heifer; in the case of households possessing neither cow nor heifer; a sole goat, sheep, or pig; also, in the case of kolkhoz farmers; sheep, goats, and hogs not to exceed one-half of the norm established for a kolkhoz
