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Article 24
Duties of the coastal State
1. The coastal State shall not hamper the innocent passage of foreign
ships through the territorial sea except in accordance with this Convention.
In particular, in the application of this Convention or of any laws or
regulations adopted in conformity with this Convention, the coastal State
shall not:
(a) impose requirements on foreign ships which have the practical
effect of denying or impairing the right of innocent passage; or
(b) discriminate in form or in fact against the ships of any State or
against ships carrying cargoes to, from or on behalf of any
State.
2. The coastal State shall give appropriate publicity to any danger to
navigation, of which it has knowledge, within its territorial sea.
Article 25
Rights of protection of the coastal State
1. The coastal State may take the necessary steps in its territorial sea to
prevent passage which is not innocent.
2. In the case of ships proceeding to internal waters or a call at a port
facility outside internal waters, the coastal State also has the right to take the
necessary steps to prevent any breach of the conditions to which admission
of those ships to internal waters or such a call is subject.
3. The coastal State may, without discrimination in form or in fact
among foreign ships, suspend temporarily in specified areas of its territorial
sea the innocent passage of foreign ships if such suspension is essential for
the protection of its security, including weapons exercises. Such suspension
shall take effect only after having been duly published.
Article 26
Charges which may be levied upon foreign ships
1. No charge may be levied upon foreign ships by reason only of their
passage through the territorial sea.
2. Charges may be levied upon a foreign ship passing through the
territorial sea as payment only for specific services rendered to the ship.
These charges shall be levied without discrimination.
SUBSECTION B. RULES APPLICABLE TO
MERCHANT SHIPS AND GOVERNMENT SHIPS
OPERATED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
Article 27
Criminal jurisdiction on board a foreign ship
1. The criminal jurisdiction of the coastal State should not be exercised
on board a foreign ship passing through the territorial sea to arrest any person
or to conduct any investigation in connection with any crime committed on
board the ship during its passage, save only in the following cases:
(a) if the consequences of the crime extend to the coastal State;