(English version) Malaysia Continental Shelf Act 1966 – Act No. 57 on 28 July 1966, as Amended by Act No. 83 of 1972

Country: Malaysia

Scope: National

Document Language: English

  • Summary

This legal document contains the English version of the Continental Shelf Act No.57 adopted by the Malaysian Federal Government on 28 July 1966 (thus the alternative name of “Act 1966”). The version of the Act in the document attached is the one after being amended by Act No.83 in 1972. The document includes the interpretation of “continental shelf”, “natural resources”, and “petroleum”, and states the rights of the Federal Government with respect to the continental shelf, the regulation relating to petroleum exploitation & licensing,