ยง803-24ย  War vessels excepted.ย  Nothing
contained within sections 803-21 to 803-23, shall be so construed as to apply
to ships of war, or other vessels commanded by officers bearing the commissions
of foreign states, and not subject to search by the law and usage of nations.
[PC 1869, c 66, ยง13; RL 1925, ยง857; RL 1935, ยง1757; RL 1945, ยง10715; RL 1955,
ยง255-15; HRS ยง708-24; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of ยง1]