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Section 3

Limits of territorial sea

of Territorial Sea Act 2012

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Section 3
(1)

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the breadth of the territorial sea of Malaysia shall for all purposes be 12 nautical miles.

(2)

The baselines from which the breadth of that territorial sea is to be measured shall for all purposes be those established in accordance with section 5 of the Baseline of Maritime Zones

Act 2006.

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(3)

For the purposes of the Continental Shelf Act 1966 [Act 83], the Petroleum Mining Act 1966 [Act 95], the National Land Code

[Act 56/65] and any written law relating to land in force in Sabah and Sarawak, any reference to territorial sea therein shall in relation to any territory be construed as a reference to such part of the sea adjacent to the coast thereof not exceeding 3 nautical miles measured from the low-water line.