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can do so without serious danger to the 

 ship, the crew or the passengers: 



(a) To render assistance to any per- 

 son found at sea in danger of lx:ing lost; 



(b) To proceed with all possible speed 

 to the rescue of |x:rsons in distress if in- 

 formed of their need of assistance, in so far 

 as such action may reasonably be ex|Kcted 

 of him; 



(c) After a collision, to render assist- 

 ance to the other ship, her crew and her 

 passengers and, where possible, to inform 

 the other ship of the name of his own ship, 

 her port of registry and the nearest port 

 at which she will call. 



2, Every coastal State shall promote the 

 establishment and maintenance of an ade- 

 quate and effective search and rescue serv- 

 ice regarding safety on and over the sea 

 and — where circumstances so require — by 

 way of mutual regional arrangements co- 

 operate with neighbouring States for this 

 purpose. 



Article 13 



Every State shall adopt effective measures 

 to prevent and punish the transport of slaves 

 in ships authorized to fly its flag, and to 

 prevent the unlawful use of its flag for that 

 purpose. Any slave taking refuge on board 

 any ship, whatever its flag, shall, ipso facto, 

 be free. 



Article 14 



All States shall co-operate to the fullest 

 possible extent in the repression of piracy 

 on the high seas or in any other place out- 

 side the jurisdiction of any State. 



Article 15 



Piracy consists of any of the following 

 acts: 



( I ) Any illegal acts of violence, detention 

 or any act of depredation, committed for 

 private ends by the crew or the passengers 

 of a private ship or a private aircraft, and 

 directed: 



(a) On the high seas, against another 

 ship or aircraft, or against persons or prop- 

 erty on lx*ard such ship or aircraft; 



(0) Against a ship, aircraft, persons or 

 property in a place outside the jurisdiction 

 of any State; 



(2) Any act of voluntary participation 

 in the operation of a ship or of an aircraft 

 with knowledge of facts making it a pirate 

 ship or aircraft; 



(3) Any act of inciting or of intention- 

 ally facilitating an act described in sub- 

 paragraph I or sub-paragraph 2 of this 

 article. 



Article 16 



The acts of piracy, as defined in article 

 15, committed by a warship, government 

 ship or government aircraft whose crew has 

 mutinied and taken control of the ship or 

 aircraft are assimilated to acts committed by 

 a private ship. 



Article 17 



A ship or aircraft is considered a pirate 

 ship or aircraft if it is intended by the per- 

 sons in dominant control to be used for the 

 purpose of committing one of the acts re- 

 ferred to in article 15. The same applies 

 if the ship or aircraft has been used to com- 

 mit any such act, so long as it remains under 

 the control of the persons guilty of that act. 



Article 18 



A ship or aircraft may retain its nation- 

 ality although it has become a pirate ship or 

 aircraft. The retention or loss of nationality 

 is determined by the law of the State from 

 which such nationality was derived. 



Article 19 



On the high seas, or in any other place 

 outside the jurisdiction of any State, every 

 State may seize a pirate ship or aircraft, or 

 a ship taken by piracy and under the con- 

 trol of pirates, and arrest the persons and 

 seize the property on board. The courts of 



