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(ii) wilfully furnishes false information or produces false documents to such

a person in response to such a request;

(c) a master or a member of a crew of a ship, an operator of a goods vehicle, or a charterer or an operator or a commander or a member of a crew of an aircraft who wilfully obstructs any such person (or any person acting under the authority of any such person) in the exercise of his powers under this article.

(11) Nothing in this article shall be construed so as to prejudice any other provision of law conferring powers or imposing restrictions or enabling restrictions to be imposed with respect to ships, goods vehicles or aircraft.

Impounding of ships

4.—(1) The Governor shall take all such steps as may be necessary to secure that any ship to which this article applies which is at a harbour in the Territory shall be impounded.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) of this article, such steps may include-

(a) requesting the master or operator of the ship to move it, or to secure that it is

moved, to another part of the harbour, and

(b) moving the ship to another place.

(3) Any person who, without reasonable excuse-

(a) obstructs the Governor or his servants or agents acting in accordance with the

provisions of this article; or

(b) refuses or fails within a reasonable time to comply with a request made by any

such persons made in accordance with paragraph (2) of this article;

shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.

(4) Subject to paragraph (2)(b) of this article, if any ship which has been impounded under this article proceeds to sea before it is released by the Governor, the master of the ship and any other person who knowingly sends the ship to sea shall each be guilty of an offence.

(5) Nothing in this article shall preclude the Governor levying-

(a) ship, passenger and goods dues;

(b) other charges which may be made by them in the exercise of their powers and

duties.

(6) The Governor may recover impounding expenses from the owner of an impounded ship.

(7) This article applies to any ship-

(a) which the Governor has reason to believe is either majority owned or effectively

controlled by a person connected with Serbia or Montenegro, or

(b) in respect of which a request has been made under article 3(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d), and in respect of which the Governor determines that the said ship has been operated or used in violation of the United Nations resolutions.

(8) A certificate given by or on behalf of the Governor stating that it has been deter- mined that a ship has been operated or used in violation of the United Nations resolutions shall be conclusive evidence of that matter.

Impounding of goods vehicles

5.-(1) The Governor shall take all such steps as may be necessary to secure that any goods vehicle to which this article applies which is within the Territory shall be im- pounded.

(2) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, obstructs the Governor or his servants or agents, acting in accordance with the provisions of this article, shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.

(3) The Governor may recover impounding expenses from the owner of an impounded goods vehicle.

(4) This article applies to any goods vehicle-

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