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Article

13

Extradition of persons wanted by the

authorities

?

1. Persons other than members of the crew

subject to detention under

who are

the law of the coastal

state shall not be admitted on board the vessel and shall

be subject to extradition to the local authorities on their

demand.

2. If the master of the vessel refuses to hand over to

the local authorities a person whose extradition is requested,

the local authorities shall have the right to arrest that

person directly on board the vessel where the person is

taking refuge.

Article 14

Civil jurisdiction

1. During its stay in a foreign port the vessel shall

be subject to the civil jurisdiction of the coastal state.

However, such jurisdiction shall not apply, except in civil

cases involving:

a) the interests of the coastal state or its juridical

or natural persons; or

b) obligations or liabilities assumed or incurred

exclusively as a result of the navigation and stay of the

vessel in the waters of the coastal state concerned; or

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