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Act to amend Title 18 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia by amending sections 101-105 and 107 and by adding a new section 108 to establish an Exclusive Economic Zone in the oceans surrounding the Federated States of Micronesia, to expand the size of the Territorial Sea, to make the chapter consistent with the current political status of the Federated States of Micronesia, and for other purposes.

Type of law
Legislation
Source

Abstract
The EEZ of Micronesia is established with an inner boundary being the seaward boundary of each island or atoll and the outer boundary being a line, every point of which is two hundred nautical miles seaward of the nearest point on the baseline as defined in section 101 (sect. 104). Section 105 provides for the definition of sovereign rights and jurisdiction of Micronesia with respect to the Zone. The Federated States may issue such regulations as are necessary to establish the boundaries of internal waters, the territorial sea and the EEZ (sect. 107). (8 sections)
Date of text
Repealed
No
Publication reference
The Law of the Sea- National legislation on the Exclusive Economic Zone, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, U.N., New York, 1993, pp. 225-226.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No