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

Sections

Section 1 — Short title and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and Other Maritime Zones Act, 1976.

(2) Sections 5 and 7 shall come into force on such date or on such different dates as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force at once.

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  1. 1.Short title and commencement.
  2. 2.Definition.
  3. 3.Sovereignty over, and limits of, territorial waters.
  4. 4.Use of territorial waters by foreign ships.
  5. 5.Contiguous zone of India.
  6. 6.Continental shelf.
  7. 7.Exclusive economic zone.
  8. 8.Historic waters.
  9. 9.Maritime boundaries between India and States having coasts opposite or adjacent to those of India.
  10. 10.Publication of charts.
  11. 11.Offences.
  12. 12.Offences by companies.
  13. 13.Place of trial.
  14. 14.Previous sanction of the Central Government for prosecution.
  15. 15.Power to make rules.
  16. 16.Removal of difficulties.