Article 9 Authorised actions

1.

i

a.

stop and board the vessel;

b.

establish effective control of the vessel and over any person thereon;

c.

take any action provided for in sub-paragraph ii of this article which is considered necessary to establish whether a relevant offence has been committed and to secure any evidence thereof;

d.

require the vessel and any persons thereon to be taken into the territory of the intervening State and detain the vessel there for the purpose of carrying out further investigations;

ii.

and, having established effective control of the vessel:

a.

search the vessel, anyone on it and anything in it, including its cargo;

b.

open or require the opening of any containers, and test or take samples of anything on the vessel;

c.

require any person on the vessel to give information concerning himself or anything on the vessel;

d.

require the production of documents, books or records relating to the vessel or any persons or objects on it, and make photographs or copies of anything the production of which the competent authorities have the power to require;

e.

seize, secure and protect any evidence or material discovered on the vessel.

2.