" The release of a ship arrested within the jurisdiction of a State and escorted to a port of that State for the purposes of an inquiry before the competent authorities may not be claimed solely on the ground that the ship, in the course of its voyage, was escorted across a portion of the exclusive economic zone or the high seas, if the circumstances rendered this necessary."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
β‘ Abbreviation for Exclusive Economic Zone (defined in the Law of the Sea Convention).
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