# The Extradition (Drug Trafficking) Order 1991, Paragraph 3


A Party which has reasonable grounds to suspect that a vessel exercising freedom of navigation in accordance with international law and flying the flag or displaying marks of registry of another Party is engaged in illicit traffic may so notify the flag State, request confirmation of registry and, if confirmed, request authorization from the flag State to take appropriate measures in regard to that vessel.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1701/schedule/1/part/17/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-drug-trafficking-order-1991/schedule-1/part-17/paragraph-3
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