§ 700.740 - Search by foreign authorities.

(a) The commanding officer shall not permit a ship under his command to be searched on any pretense whatsoever by any person representing a foreign state, nor permit any of the personnel within the confines of his command to be removed from the command by such person, so long as he has the capacity to repel such act. If force should be exerted to compel submission, he is to resist that force to the utmost of his power.

(b) Except as may be provided by international agreement, the commanding officer of a shore activity shall not permit his command to be searched by any person representing a foreign state, nor permit any of the personnel within the confines of his command to be removed from the command by such person, so long as he has the power to resist.