Note 890 — Chapter VI · VISITATION, CAPTURE, AND TRIAL OF NEUTRAL VESSELS

But this is not universally recognised. Thus, Hautefeuille, III. p. 91, maintains that during a general armistice the right of visitation may not be exercised, and § 5 of the Règlement international des prises maritimes of the Institute of International Law takes up the same attitude. It ought, likewise, to be mentioned that in strict law the right of visit and search may be exercised even after the conclusion of peace before the treaty of peace is ratified. But the above-mentioned § 5 of the Règlement international des prises maritimes declares this right to cease "avec les préliminaires de la paix." See below, § 436.