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9.—(1) A death occurring on a registered ship, aircraft or oil rig shall be deemed to have occurred in the place in which the ship, aircraft or oil rig was registered, or if on an unregistered ship, aircraft or oil rig of the government of any country, in that country.
(2) A person found dead in the territorial waters of another country shall be deemed to have died in its territorial waters if it is not established that the person died elsewhere.
(3) Where a death occurs outside territorial waters, that death may be entered in the register kept by the Secretary of State.
(4) Where evidence of death is shown only by a certified copy of an extract from the official log of the ship or aircraft on or from which the death occurred, or by a certified copy of an extract from the official log of an oil rig, the death may be entered in the register kept by the Secretary of State.
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