Apprehension of certain offenders

(1) Subject to this section, where an authorised person has reasonable cause to believe and believes that an offence has been committed against section 10, he may exercise all or any of the following powers, namely– (a) within the maritime areas of Belize, stop, board, inspect and search any vessel, or enter, inspect and search any installation, which he has reasonable cause to believe is being used for or in connection with the commission of the offence; (b) arrest, with or without a warrant, any person on board the vessel, or on the installation, referred to in sub-section (1) (a) or found 18 elsewhere in Belize, whom he has reasonable cause to believe has committed an offence against that section; (c) detain the vessel, referred to in sub-section (1) (a) if he has reasonable cause to believe that an offence against that section has been committed by the owner or master of the vessel; and (d) enter, inspect and search any installation whose establishment, construction, operation or use would constitute the offence against that section and arrest, with or without a warrant, any person on the installation, or found elsewhere in Belize, whom he has reasonable cause to believe has committed the offence. (2) Subject to this section, where an authorised person has reasonable cause to believe and believes that an offence has been committed against section 13, he may, within the territorial sea, exercise all or any of the following powers, namely– (a) stop, board, inspect and search the foreign vessel which, in contravention of that section, engages in any proscribed activity; (b) arrest, with or without a warrant, the master of the vessel; (c) arrest, with or without a warrant, any other person on board the vessel whom he has reasonable cause to believe has committed an offence against that section; and (d) detain the vessel.