Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
R 385
Defence Act, 2002 (Act No. 42 of 2002)Chapter 4 : Law Enforcement Powers of Defence Force at Sea26. Right of visit on high seas by warships of Defence Force |
| 1) | Any South African warship may exercise the right of flag verification as provided for in paragraph 2 of article 110 of UNCLOS in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 1 of that article. |
| 2) | If the suspicion referred to in article 110 of UNCLOS is proved to be well-founded, the ship may be seized and any person who is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence justiciable by a criminal court of the Republic, may be arrested, whereupon such seized ship and any arrested person shall be dealt with in accordance with section 25(3). |
