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"passage"

means navigation through the territorial waters in a continuous and expeditious manner for the purpose of—

(a) traversing those waters without entering internal waters or calling at a roadstead or offshore installation outside internal waters; or
(b) proceeding to or from internal waters or a call at any such roadstead or offshore installation,

[Paragraph (b) substituted by section 19(k) of Act No. 23 of 1997]

and includes stopping and anchoring, in so far as such stopping or such anchoring is incidental to ordinary navigation or is rendered necessary by vis major or distress or is for the purpose of rendering assistance to persons, ships or aircraft in danger or distress;

[Definition of passage substituted by section 19(j) of Act No. 23 of 1997]