Cap. 101 чл. 30EEuropean Agreement on Illicit Traffic by Sea.

(1) In virtue of this article and for the purposes of the

Ratification of Treaties Act, the Government is authorised to accede to the Agreement on Illicit Traffic by Sea implementing

Article 17 of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Pyschotropic Substances, done at Strasbourg on the 31st day of January, 1995, hereinafter in this article referred to as ''the European Convention''.

(2) The Minister responsible for the Police may make regulations generally for implementing the provisions of the European Convention and may, in particular, by such regulations:

(a) extend the jurisdiction of the Maltese courts;

(b) authorise the boarding, search and arrest of vessels;

(c) provide that certain officials, whether Maltese or foreign, shall, for the purpose of any law in Malta, be considered as officers protected by those laws;

(d) provide for the designation of authorities for the purposes of the European Convention;

(e) provide for the application of these regulations and of the provisions of this Ordinance to the drugs to which the provisions of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance apply, in accordance with the said European Convention, all as provided in the said European Convention, and may moreover provide that any part of the European Convention shall, to the extent provided in such regulations, have the force of law in Malta. *