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(1) Where a foreign national is charged with an offence alleged to have been committed aboard a vessel or an aircraft in Ghanaian territorial waters or airspace, the court may-

(a) on convicting the person charged, order that on the expiration of the sentence, or on the sooner readiness of the vessel to proceed to sea or the aircraft to take off, the person be held in custody aboard the vessel or aircraft for conveyance from Ghana; or

(b) on discharging or acquitting the person charged, order that the person be immediately conveyed back to the vessel or aircraft.