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Part Two. Deleted articles 447carriers from being used in the commission of offences established under this Protocol.Such measures shall include, in appropriate cases, fines and forfeiture to ensure thatcarriers, including any transportation company or the owner or operator of any vesselor vehicle, screen all passengers to see that they each have a valid passport andvisa, if required, or any other documentation necessary for legal entry into thereceiving State.“3. Each State Party shall consider adopting measures that permit, in appropriatecases, the revocation or denial of visas to persons, including foreign officials,known to be implicated in crimes covered by this Protocol.”Notes by the Secretariat7. The version of this article contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.1remained unchanged in the intermediate drafts of the protocol (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Revs.2and 3).8. As indicated above, a restructured version of the draft protocol was submitted byBelgium, Poland and the United States (A/AC.254/5/Add.13) at the informal consultationsheld during the fifth session of the Ad Hoc Committee. In that version, the article wasincorporated as article 12. Paragraphs 2 and 3 that had appeared in the previous draftswere moved to article 8 of the draft protocol (see note 1 by the Secretariat concerningarticle 11 of the present protocol). The title of new article 12 was changed from “Othermeasures” to “Stricter measures”, which better described it. In view of the above, article12 in document A/AC.254/5/Add.13 read as follows:“Article 12“Stricter measures“States Parties may adopt measures stricter than those provided for in thisProtocol if, in their opinion, such measures are desirable to prevent, combat anderadicate the crimes covered by this Protocol.”9. At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, it was agreed to delete article 12of the restructured text.