An Act to provide for the declaration of the territorial waters and maritime zones.
WHEREAS clause (2) of Article 143 of the Constitution provides that Parliament may, from time to time, by law provide for the determination of the territorial waters and the continental shelf of Bangladesh;
AND WHEREAS it is necessary to provide for the declaration of the territorial waters, continental shelf and other maritime zones and for matter ancillary thereto;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
CONTENTS
SECTIONS
2A. Act to override other laws
2B. Extraterritorial application of the Act
2C. Territorial Sea Baseline (TSB)
2D. Sovereignty over Internal Waters, etc
3A. Rights of Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea
3B. Criminal jurisdiction over a foreign ship in the Territorial Sea, etc
3C. Civil jurisdiction over a foreign ship in the Territorial Sea, etc
5. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
5A. Prohibition on the exploration or exploitation in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), etc
7A. Rights and jurisdiction in the Continental Shelf
7B. Prohibition on the exploration or exploitation in the Continental Shelf
7C. Provisions as to the High Seas
7H. Marine scientific research
9. Suppression of piracy, armed robbery, theft and maritime terrorism at sea
10. Trafficking in persons by sea
12. Arrest and seizure of pirate ship or aircraft, etc
15. Punishment for violation of innocent passage
16. Punishment for contravention of law by submarine or any other underwater vehicle
17. Punishment for throwing nuclear or hazardous wastes
18. Punishment for offence in Contiguous Zone
19. Punishment for offences in Exclusive Economic Zone
20. Punishment for offences in the Continental Shelf
23. Punishment for failure to take measures to prevent pollution
24. Punishment for piracy, armed robbery, maritime terrorism at sea and theft
25. Punishment for causing death while committing an offence under section 24
27. Establishment of Maritime Tribunal
28. Power to investigate offence
29. Evidentiary value of pictures, electronic records, etc