Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [‎282r] (563/576)

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Parties ZL^ ^ ^
than 500 tons burden flying thp fl t ^ f native vessel of less
Parties, and th^
believe that the native vessel is flvina fh' a P ^ g0od reason ^
to do so, for the purposeTthe iKl flag - wl ^ out 1)ein g “titled
€'n 116 t p ; ooeed to ver,fy the o f a x r v“;
^he” plpi! 0Ument aUth0ri8ing ““ «f the flag, but no
in uniform may tint totisitTe^uspected" “e“d Tte shfhal
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lion before leavmg the vessel the officer shall draw up a tmch
verbal m the form and language in use in his own oount^ Th s
si s" ir “• ■“ - - - *" ^ i. i
ethfn’ d fu K be ° a J b ° ard the warshi P “o oommissioned officer
other than the commanding officer, the above-prescribed operations
officChigSt:!.^ W8 ™ nt ’ « “4^
The captain or master of the vessel visited, as well as the wit-
ritbt 'f^ 0 jS ,e i nV1 !f d to SIgD the P'och-verbal, and shall have the
expedient add ^ ^ any explanations which they may consider
3 If the authonsation to fly the flag cannot be produced, or if
this document is not m proper order, the vessel shall be conducted
to the nearest port in the zone where there is a competent authority
of the Power whose flag has been flown and shall be handed over to
euch authority.
Should the nearest competent authority representing the Power *
whose flag the vessel has flown be at some port at such a distance
irom the point of arrest that the warship would have to leave her
station or patrol to escort the captured vessel to that port, the fore
going regulation need not be carried out In such a case, the vessel
may be taken to the nearest port where there is a competent authority
of one of the High Contracting Parties of nationality other than that
o the warship, and steps shall at once be taken to notify the capture
to the competent authority representing the Power concerned.
No proceedings shall be taken against the vessel or her crew until
the arrival of the representative of the Power whose flag the vessel
was flying or without instructions from him.
4. The procedure laid down in paragraph 3 may be followed if,
after the verification of the flag and in spite of the production of the
manifest, the commander of the warship continues to suspect the
native vessel of engaging in the illicit conveyance of arms or ammuni
tion..
The High Contracting Parties concerned shall appoint ip the
zone