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2. The coastal State may not levy execution against or arrest thc^ 

 ship for the purpose of any civil proceedings, save only in respect of 

 obligations or liabilities assumed or incurred by the ship itself in the 

 course or for the purpose of its voyage through the waters of the 

 coastal State. 



3. The provisions of the previous paragraph are without prejudice 

 to the right of the coastal State, in accordance with its laws, to levy 

 execution a^inst or to arrest, for the purpose of any civil proceed- 

 ings, a foreign ship lying in the territorial sea, or passing through 

 the territorial se^^, after leaviDii internal waters. 



Sub-section 0. Rules Applicable to Government Ships Other Than 



Warships 



Article 21 



The rules contained in sub-sections A and B shall also apply to 

 government ships operated for commercial purposes. 



Article 22 



1. The rules contained in sub-section A and in article 18 shall apply 

 to government ships operated for non^commercial purposes, 



2. With such exceptions as are contained in the provisions referred 

 to in the preceding paragraph, nothing in these articles affects the 

 immunities which such ships enjoy under these articles or other rul^ 

 of international law. 



Sub-section D. Kule Applicable to Warships 



Article 23 



If any warship does not comply with the reflations of the coa^^ 

 State concerning passage through the territorial sea and disregards 

 any request for compliance which is made to it, the coastal State may 

 require the warship to leave the territorial sea. 



Part II — Contiguous Zone 



Article 24 



1. In a zone of the high seas contiguous to its territorial sea, the 

 coastal State may exercise the control necessary to : 



(a) Prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, iimmgration or 

 sanitary regulations within its territory or territorial sea ; 



