" In the event of a collision or any other incident of navigation concerning a ship on the high seas, involving the penal or disciplinary responsibility of the master or of any other person in the service of the ship, no penal or disciplinary proceedings may be instituted against such person except before the judicial or administrative authorities either of the flag State or of the State of which such person is a national."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
β‘ a piece of fabric, usually hung from a pole, to indicate a nationality of a vessel.
β‘ to be registered to a specific country(the flag state) and use their flag while sailing.
β‘ Refers to the State in which a boat is registered.
β‘ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands
β‘ a large boat that carries people or goods across the seas or oceans