Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“continental shelf” means the sea-bed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond the territorial sea—
(a)
throughout the natural prolongation of the land territory of
Malaysia to the outer edge of the continental margin as determined in accordance with section 2B; or
(b)
to a distance of two hundred nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured in accordance with the Baselines of Maritime
Zones Act 2006 [Act 660] where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance, but shall not affect the territory of the States or the limits of the territorial waters of the States and the rights and powers of the
State Authorities therein;
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“natural resources” means—
(a)
the mineral and other natural non-living resources of the sea-bed and subsoil; and
(b)
living organisms belonging to sedentary species, that is to say, organisms which, at the harvestable stage, either are immobile on or under the sea-bed or are unable to move except in constant physical contact with the seabed or the subsoil;
“petroleum” includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata, but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation.
The delimitation of the continental shelf between Malaysia and a country with opposite or adjacent coasts