Cap. 226 Art. 8Saving.

(1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting any jurisdiction and power exercisable in accordance with international law outside territorial waters, and in particular the following provisions of this article shall apply.

(2) Subject to the provisions of subarticle (3), where a relevant vessel or craft has, within Maltese internal or territorial waters, or within the contiguous zone of Malta, commenced the pursuit of a suspect vessel, the relevant vessel may continue in hot pursuit of the suspect vessel into the high seas provided that the pursuit has not been interrupted:

Provided that where the suspect vessel is within the contiguous zone when it is ordered to stop by a maritime enforcement officer on board the relevant vessel, the pursuit may only be undertaken if the suspect vessel is suspected of having

(4) The right of hot pursuit referred to in this article shall not be undertaken unless the relevant vessel or craft has first given the suspect vessel a visual or auditory signal to stop and the said right of hot pursuit shall cease where the suspect vessel enters the territorial sea of its own State or of a third State.

(5) Where hot pursuit is effected by an aircraft the provisions of subarticles (2) to (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis. The provisions of subarticle (6) shall also apply.

(6) An aircraft shall not arrest a suspect vessel outside the territorial waters of Malta unless the aircraft had itself ordered the suspect vessel to stop and had pursued it without interruption, and where hot pursuit had been undertaken by an aircraft and the pursuit was taken over by another aircraft or ship, such other aircraft or ship shall only be authorised to arrest the suspect vessel outside the territorial waters of Malta if the said other aircraft or ship had continued the pursuit without interruption.

(7) The right of hot pursuit shall apply mutuatis mutandis to any violation in the area estabished by article 3(2) or of any law for the purposes of which the said area is established.

(8) Where a Maltese military vessel encounters on the high seas a foreign vessel, not being a foreign military vessel or a ship owned by a foreign State used only on non-commercial service, hereafter referred to in this subarticle as the suspect vessel, and there is reasonable ground for suspecting that -

(a) the suspect vessel is engaged in piracy;

(b) the suspect vessel is engaged in the slave trade;

(c) the suspect vessel is engaged in unauthorised broadcasting and the Maltese courts have jurisdiction thereon;

(d) the suspect vessel is without nationality; or

(e) though flying a foreign flag or refuses to show its flag, the suspect vessel is a vessel registered in Malta, any maritime enforcement officer on board the relevant vessel may proceed to verify the suspect vessel’s right to fly its flag by boarding the suspect vessel and checking its documents and if thereupon suspicion remains as to the nationality of the suspect vessel, the relevant vessel may proceed to a further examination with all possible consideration.

(9) Any person or suspect vessel discovered to be engaged in unauthorised broadcasting as provided in subarticle (7)(c) may be arrested by any maritime enforcement officer on board the relevant vessel who may also seize any apparatus used in the said unauthorised broadcasting. Latitude Longitude PT. 1 35° 49' 06.9''N 14° 33' 39.2'' E PT. 2 35° 49' 11.4'' N 14° 33' 44.1'' E PT. 3 35° 50' 27.0'' N 14° 34' 21.9'' E PT. 4 35° 51' 38.3'' N 14° 34' 35.2'' E PT. 5 35° 51' 42.4'' N 14° 34' 36.0'' E PT. 6 35° 52' 02.5'' N 14° 34' 29.9'' E PT. 7 35° 52' 21.0'' N 14° 34' 14.3'' E PT. 8 35° 52' 41.9'' N 14° 33' 51.2'' E PT. 9 35° 52' 48.3'' N 14° 33' 44.0'' E PT. 10 35° 55' 49.7'' N 14° 29' 28.8'' E PT. 11 36° 03' 33.6'' N 14° 18' 38.4'' E PT. 12 36° 04' 48.3'' N 14° 15' 06.8'' E PT. 13 36° 04' 55.4'' N 14° 14' 11.5'' E PT. 14 36° 04' 56.5'' N 14° 13' 54.0'' E PT. 15 36° 04' 54.7'' N 14° 13' 21.4'' E PT. 16 36° 04' 48.6'' N 14° 12' 40.3'' E PT. 17 36° 04' 43.7'' N 14° 12' 11.9'' E PT. 18 36° 04' 29.6'' N 14° 11' 07.7'' E PT. 19 36° 04' 22.5'' N 14° 11' 03.6'' E PT. 20 36° 04' 10.9'' N 14° 11' 01.6'' E PT. 21 36° 02' 11.7'' N 14° 11' 11.2'' E PT. 22 35° 52' 47.3'' N 14° 20' 11.1'' E PT. 23 35° 47' 14.9'' N 14° 24' 19.0'' E PT. 24 35° 47' 13.4'' N 14° 24' 21.2'' E PT. 25 35° 47' 12.6'' N 14° 24' 23.6'' E PT. 26 35° 47' 12.6'' N 14° 24' 35.2'' E PT. 27 35° 48' 22.8'' N 14° 31' 50.0'' E PT. 28 35° 48' 26.9'' N 14° 32' 07.4'' E

Basepoints are referred to WGS84.