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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (27923)4/21/2008 2:36:06 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
CONVENTION WITH RESPECT TO THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND (HAGUE, II) (29 July 1899)

Article 42

Territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army.

The occupation applies only to the territory where such authority is established, and in a position to assert itself.

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