• Summary

This legal document contains the Territorial Sea Act 2012 (Act 750), published in the Gazette on 22 June 2012 by the Parliament of Malaysia to provide for the territorial sea of Malaysia and associated regards. This Territorial Sea Act 2012 was enacted by the parliament of Malaysia as Ordinance No. 7 in 1969 which was promulgated to make regulations cease to have an effect. The Act consists of 7 Sections. Section 1; Short title, commencement and application. Section 2: Interpretation of terms. Section 3: Limits of the territorial sea. Section 4: Sovereignty in respect of the territorial sea. Section 5: Maps and charts of limits of the territorial sea. Section 6: References to territorial waters in any other written law, etc. Section 7: Power to make regulations.

Subsection (3) of Section 3 provides the same provisions as the replaced Ordinance No. 7 that the “territorial waters” mentioned in and for the purpose of the Continental Shelf Act 1966, the Petroleum Mining Act 1966, and the National Land Code and written laws relating to the land of Sarawak and Sabah shall be up to only 3 nautical miles.

• Document: Territorial Sea Act 2012 (Act 750) on 22 June 2012