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4.4 The right to deny and suspend passage 4.5 Straits
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4.4 The right to deny and suspend passage 4.5 Straits
The territorial sea is subject to the sovereignty of the coastal state, and the only right which foreign ships have, apart from any specific treaty provision, is the right of innocent passage. Consequently once a ship ceases to be innocent, or steps outside the scope of passage, it may be excluded from the territorial sea. It also follows that a coastal State has the right to suspend or deny passage
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1998
Imprint Routledge-Cavendish
Pages 1
eBook ISBN 9781843143802
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