Section 3

Where any offence is alleged to have been committed on board any ship by the master or a member of the crew and the ship belongs to a State specified in the Schedule hereto, proceedings for the offences instituted otherwise than at the request or with the consent of a consular officer of that State shall not be entertained by any court in Belize, unless- (a) the offence is alleged to have been committed by or against a person who is a citizen of Belize or is otherwise comprised in the definition of a “national of the receiving State” in section 2(2) of the Consular Relations Act or against a person other than the master or a member of the crew; or (b) the offence is one involving the tranquillity or safety of a port, or the law relating to safety of Consular Relations 4 life at sea, public health, oil pollution, wireless telegraphy, immigration or customs; or (c) the offence is one comprised in the definition of “grave crime” in section 2(2) of the Consular Relations Act. Designated States Schedules.