Malaysia legislation
Section 5
Section 5
(a)
the low-water line along the coast as marked on large scale charts;
(b)
the seaward low-water line of a reef as shown by the appropriate symbol on charts; or
(c)
the low-water line on a low-tide elevation that is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from the mainland or an island.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), in respect of any area for which geographical co-ordinates of base points have been declared under section 4, the method of straight baselines interpreted as geodesics joining the consecutive geographical coordinates of base points so declared may be employed for determining the maritime zones of Malaysia.
Limits of maritime zones