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(1) Where an lnternational Ship Security Certificate required under section 27 is not produced with a reasonable excuse, or the Director-General has reason to believe that a ship is not in compliance with the requirements of this Act, the Director-General shall impose one or more of the following control measures:

(a) inspection of that ship for the purpose of ascertaining compliance with the certification requirements of this Act including

(i) the provision by the master, of information that the Director-General considers relevant to the inspection;

(ii) a demonstration to the Director-General that the master or the relevant crew are familiar with essential ship-board security procedures; and

(iii) any shipboard security procedure that is capable of being carried out in a competent manner;

(b) the delay of that ship;

(c) the detention of that ship;

(d) a restriction of the operations of that ship, including its movement within the port;

(e) expulsion of that ship from the port where

(i) the Director-General has reason to believe that the ship poses an immediate threat to the security or safety of persons, ships, or other property within the port; and

(ii) there are no other appropriate means to overcome that threat.

(2) Despite the provisions of any other enactment, a ship may be expelled under subsection (1).

(3) A control measure that is imposed under subsection (1),

(a) shall correspond to the expected requirements of the circumstance; and

(b) may in addition or alternately include any other minimized administrative or corrective measures.

(4) A control measure imposed under subsection (1), shall remain in force until the circumstance that gave rise to the imposition of the control measure is regularized to the satisfaction of the Director-General.

(5) Where a ship is expelled from a port under paragraph (e) of sub-section (1),

(a) the Director-General may require the ship to proceed to a specified location within the territorial sea or Ghanaian waters;

(b) the port facility operator shall on the directives of the Director-General, discontinue the provision of services to that ship;

(c) all exhaustive efforts shall be made to avoid a ship being unduly detained or delayed; and

(d) a person may be allowed to leave the ship, or have access to the ship for emergency, humanitarian or security reasons.