Enforcement Decree of the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act.
Country
Type of law
Regulation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Abstract
The Decree consists of 7 articles and supplementary provisions: Purpose (1); Basepoint of Straight Baseline (2); Breadth of the territorial sea in the Korea Strait (3); Passage of Foreign Warships or other Government Ships (4); Activities of Foreign Ships in the territorial Sea (5); Standards for Control of Discharge of Pollutants (6); Temporary Suspension of Innocent Passage (7). In measuring the breadth of the territorial sea, each area of the sea where a straight line is employed as the baseline and the basepoint thereof in accordance with article 2 of the Act, is delimited as indicated in Schedule 1 to this Decree. The breadth of the territorial sea in the Korea Strait shall be as in Schedule 2. Activities listed in article 5, including fishing, requires an authorisation of the authorities concerned in accordance with article 5 of this Decree.
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Notes
Consolidated version of Presidential Decree No. 9162 of 20 September 1978 as amended by Presidential Decree No. 13463, 7 September 1991, by Presidential Decree No. 15133, 31 July 1996, and by Presidential Decree No. 17803, 18 December 2002, by Presidential Decree No. 20544 of 11 January 2008.This Decree amends Article 2 of Decree No. 8994 of 1978 which declares the Act to enter in force at 9 April, 1978.
Repealed
No
Publication reference
Bulletin No. 33, Law of the Sea, United Nations, New York, 1997, pp 48-54.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No