(English version) (2013) South Korea’s Enforcement Decree of Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act promulgated by Presidential Decree No. 9162 on 20 September 1978, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 24424 on 23 March 2013.

Country: South Korea

Scope: National

Document Language: English

*This Law enforces/implements the Law on South Korea’s Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act Law No. 3037 promulgated on 31 December 1977, as amended by Law No. 14607 promulgated on 21 March 2017

  • Summary

This legal document contains the Republic of Korea’s Enforcement Decree of Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act promulgated by Presidential Decree No. 9162 on 20 September 1978, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 24424 on 23 March 2013.

As stated in Articles 2 and 3 of this Enforcement Decree respectively, the specific coordinates of the basepoint constituting the straight baseline (if used) to measure the ROK’s territorial sea in general and the Korea Strait will be listed in Tables 1 and 2 annexed at the end of the document respectively. For the Korea Strait, the mix of 3-nautical mile and 12-nautical mile territorial sea regimes is applied.

The document also includes specific details for the required application for prior notice to the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the innocent passage of foreign warship or government vessels operating for non-commercial purposes and for the conduct of certain activities of all foreign ships in the ROK’s territorial sea.

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