authority) board the ship and search her and, for that purpose, may request the master of the ship to furnish such information relating to the ship and her cargo and produce for his inspection such documents so relating and such cargo as he may specify; and an authorised officer (either there and then or upon consideration of any information furnished or document or cargo produced in pursuance of such a request) may, in the case of a ship that is reasonably suspected of being operated or used in violation of the United Nations resolutions, exercise the following further powers with a view to the prevention of the commission (or the continued commission) of any such violation or in order that enquiries into the matter may be pursued, that is to say, he may either direct the master to refrain, except with the consent of any authorised officer, from landing at any port specified by the officer any part of the ship's cargo that is so specified or request the master to take any one or more of the following steps:
(a) to cause the ship not to proceed with the voyage on which she is then engaged or about to engage until the master is notified by any authorised officer that the ship may so proceed;
(b) if the ship is then in a port in the Territory to cause her to remain there until the
master is notified by an authorised officer that the ship may depart;
(c) if the ship is then in any other place, to take her to any such port specified by the officer and to cause her to remain there until the master is notified as mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above; and
(d) to take her to any other destination that may be specified by the officer in
agreement with the master;
and the master shall comply with any such request or direction.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (10) of this article, where a master refuses or fails to comply with a request made under this article that his ship shall or shall not proceed to or from any place or where an authorised officer otherwise has reason to suspect that such a request that has been so made may not be complied with, any such officer may take such steps as appear to him to be necessary to secure compliance with that request and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may for that purpose enter upon, or authorise entry upon, that ship and use, or authorise the use of, reasonable force.
(3) Where the Governor either generally or in a particular case has reason to suspect that any goods vehicle in the Territory has been or is being used in violation of the United Nations resolutions, any person authorised by the Governor for that purpose may request the driver of the vehicle to furnish such information relating to the vehicle and its cargo and produce for his inspection such documents so relating and such cargo as he may specify, and that authorised person may (either alone or accompanied and assisted by persons under his authority) enter the vehicle and search it and its cargo and, for that purpose, may use or authorise the use of reasonable force; and any such authorised person (either there and then or upon consideration of any information furnished or document or cargo produced in pursance of such a request) may further request the driver to cause the vehicle and its cargo to remain in the Territory unless and until notified that the vehicle and its cargo may depart, and the driver shall comply with any such request.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (10) of this article, where any person authorised as aforesaid has reason to suspect that any request that a goods vehicle should remain in the United Kingdom that has been made under paragraph (3) of this article may not be complied with, that authorised person may take such steps as appear to him to be necessary to secure compliance with that request and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may for that purpose-
(a) enter, or authorise entry, upon any land and enter, or authorise entry of, that
vehicle:
(b) detain, or authorise the detention of, that vehicle and its cargo; and
(c) use, or authorise the use of, reasonable force.
(5) Where the Governor either generally or in a particular case has reason to suspect that any aircraft in the Territory has been or is being used in violation of the United Nations resolutions, any person authorised by the Governor for that purpose may request the charterer, the operator and the commander of the aircraft or any of them to furnish such information relating to the aircraft and its cargo and produce for his inspection such documents so relating and such cargo as he may specify, and that authorised person may
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