# The Serbia and Montenegro (United Nations Sanctions) (Dependent Territories) Order 1993, Article 12: Prohibition on entering territorial sea of Montenegro


(1) Except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under this article no ship to which this article applies shall enter the territorial sea of Montenegro.
(2) The owner, operator and master of such a ship which enters such waters shall each be guilty of an offence under this Order.
(3) This article applies to any ship which is—
(a) (i) registered in the Territory; or
(ii) not registered in any country but is majority owned by a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British subject or a British protected person, who is ordinarily resident in the Territory, or a body corporate incorporated in the Territory; and
(b) is being used for commercial purposes.
(4) In the case of proceedings for an offence under this article it shall be a defence for the accused person to prove—
(a) that he did not know and could not reasonably have known that the ship was entering the territorial sea of Montenegro; or
(b) that the ship only entered such waters by reason of stress of weather or other case of force majeure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1195/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serbia-and-montenegro-united-nations-sanctions-dependent-territories-order-1993/article-12
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