Section 5, The Geneva Conventions Act, 2012

(1) A court shall not try a protected prisoner of war or aprotected internee unless it is satisfied that the protecting power and the legal representative of the prisoner of war or internee have been given at least twenty-one days notice of the trial by the prosecutor. (2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall include- (a) the full name and description of the accused person including the accused person’s date of birth, profession or trade; (b) the accused person’s rank and army, regimental, personal or serial number, if the accused person is a protected prisoner of war; (c) the place of detention, internment or residence of the accused person; (d) the offence with which the accused person is charged ; and (e) the court before which the trial is to take place and the time and place of the trial. (3) A document which is– (a) signed on behalf of the protecting power or by the prisoner’s representative or by the accused person , and (b) an acknowledgement of receipt by that protecting power, representative or accused person of the notice, shall be sufficient evidence that the notice required has been served on the protecting power, representative or accused person unless the contrary is proven. (4) In this section the expression “prisoner’s representative” in relation to a particular protected prisoner of war at a particular time, means the person by whom the functions of prisoners’ representative within the meaning of Article 79 of the Third Convention were exercisable in relation to that prisoner at the camp or place at which the prisoner was, at or last before the time, detained as a protected prisoner of war.