s.17Powers of naval officer
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Section 17Part 0 —

Powers of naval officer

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A captain of any ship belonging to the Royal Navy or any person acting under that captain’ orders shall have and exercise all of the powers of a constable under sections 5(1), 6(1) and 25(1) to seize and detain any vessel which that captain has reasonable cause to suspect of conveying any controlled drug within the territorial waters of the Islands and to arrest any person thereon.
Where a captain of any ship belonging to the Royal Navy or any person acting under that captain’s orders — (a) finds any controlled drug in any vessel — (i) searched under section 6(1); or (ii) seized and detained under section 25(1); (b) arrests any person in such vessel under section 5(1); or (c) finds anything in the course of a search of such vessel under section 6(1) which gives such captain or person reasonable cause to suspect that an offence under this Act has been committed, that captain or person shall, as soon as practicable, hand over such vessel, thing or person to a constable or take it or that person to a police station.

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