" Foreign ships exercising the right of transit passage shall comply with such laws and regulations."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ Passage means navigation through the territorial sea for the purpose of: a) traversing that sea without entering internal waters or calling at a roadstead or port facility outside internal waters; or (b) proceeding to or from internal waters or a call at such roadstead or port facility.
➡ On entend par «passage» le fait de naviguer dans la mer territoriale aux fins de: a) la traverser sans entrer dans les eaux intérieures ni faire escale dans une rade ou une installation portuaire située en dehors des eaux intérieures ou b) se rendre dans les eaux intérieures ou les quitter, ou faire escale dans une telle rade ou installation portuaire ou la quitter.
➡ a large boat that carries people or goods across the seas or oceans
➡ exercise of the freedom of navigation and overflight solely for the purpose of continuous and expeditious transit of the strait between one part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone.