As to a person who is known to be held incommunicado in a foreign country, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28C-1 through 28C-8 and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28C-10 may be applied as though the person were an absentee within the meaning of this Chapter, and if the person’s whereabouts becomes unknown, the other provisions of this Chapter may be applied by such amendments to the pending proceeding as may be required. This section shall not apply to personnel serving in or with the Armed Forces of the United States, the United States Merchant Marine, or the Red Cross during a period of hostilities between the United States and some other power who are listed by the appropriate federal agency as prisoners of war or as missing in action. (1965, c. 815, s. 1; 1973, c. 522, s. 12; c. 1329, s. 2; 2011-183, s. 26.)