THE TERRITORIAL WATERS, CONTINENTAL SHELF, EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AND OTHER MARITIME ZONES ACT, 1976

ACT NO. 80 OF 1976 · Enacted [25th August, 1976.] · 16 sections

Section 1.Short title and commencement.

Section 2.Definition.

Section 3.Sovereignty over, and limits of, territorial waters.

Section 4.Use of territorial waters by foreign ships.

Section 5.Contiguous zone of India.

Section 6.Continental shelf.

Section 7.Exclusive economic zone.

Section 8.Historic waters.

Section 9.Maritime boundaries between India and States having coasts opposite or adjacent to those of India.

Section 10.Publication of charts.

Section 11.Offences.

Section 12.Offences by companies.

Section 13.Place of trial.

Section 14.Previous sanction of the Central Government for prosecution.

Section 15.Power to make rules.

Section 16.Removal of difficulties.