Malaysia legislation

Section 281

of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960

Section 281

References in any other written law to a ship registered in North Borneo shall be deemed to include a reference to a North Borneo licensed ship and to a vessel licensed in Sabah under section 475 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 of the Federation of Malaya.

FIRST SCHEDULE

(Section 2)

TRADE LIMITS

In this Schedule “coast” includes all waters connected therewith navigable by sea-going vessels.

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PART A

COASTAL TRADE LIMITS

The limits bound by a line drawn from a position with Tanjong

Datu lighthouse bearing 180o distance 10 miles thence to a position with Tanjong Po lighthouse bearing 180o distance 10 miles thence to a position with Tanjong Sirik lighthouse bearing 180o distance 20

miles thence to a position with Tanjong Kedurang lighthouse bearing 180o distance 20 miles thence to a position with Tanjong

Baram lighthouse bearing 180o distance 20 miles thence to a position in latitude 07o 40’ North, longitude 117o 00’ East thence to a position in latitude 07o 24’ 45” North, longitude 117o 25’ 30” East, thence to a position in latitude 05o 16’ North, longitude 119o 35’

East, thence to a position in latitude 04o 42’, longitude 119o 00’ East, thence to a position in latitude 04o 00’ North, longitude 119o 00’ East, thence to a position in latitude 04o 00’ North, longitude 118o 00’ East, thence to the territory boundary stone on the eastern end of Sibatik

Island and thence following the coast of North Borneo, Sarawak,

Brunei and Sarawak in that order, back to the starting point north of Tanjong Datu lighthouse.

PART B

HOME TRADE LIMITS

The limits bound by a line drawn from a position in the Gulf of

Martaban in latitude 16o 15’ North, longitude 96o 00’ East in a south-easterly direction to a position in latitude 15o 00’ North, longitude 97o 00’ East, thence due South to a position in latitude 19o 00’ North, longitude 97o 00’ East, thence in a south-easterly direction to a position in latitude 6o 00’ North, longitude 94o East, thence due

South to a position in 4o 00’ North, longitude 94o 00’ East, thence in a south-easterly direction to a position in 8o 00’ South, longitude 104o 00’ East, thence in an easterly direction to a

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position in latitude 10o 00’ South, longitude 120o 00’ East, thence due East to a position in latitude 10o 00’ South, longitude 125o 00’

East, thence due North to a position in latitude 8o 00’ North, longitude 125o 00’ East, thence due West to a position in latitude 8o 00’ North, longitude 110o 00’ East, thence in a 315 direction (N.W.

true) to the coast of Vietnam, thence initially westward following the coasts of Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, the Malayan Peninsula and

Burma to the starting point.

Provided that those waters which include the West and South-West coasts of Sumatra, the South coast of Java and the South coasts of the islands lying due East of Java (namely Bali, Lombak,

Sumbawa, Flores and other islands) shall be excluded from these limits between the 15th day of April and the 15th day of October in each year.

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