Maritime Areas Act. Country/Territory Jamaica Document type Legislation Date 1996 (1998) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to declare Jamaica to be an archipelagic state and to make provision with respect to certain maritime areas of Jamaica and to provide for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith. Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea Continental shelf Navigation Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Sovereignty Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act defines the archipelagic waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone, continental shelf and internal waters of Jamaica. Jamaica is declared to be an archipelagic state (sect. 3). The sovereignty of Jamaica as an archipelagic state extends to: (a) the waters enclosed by archipelagic baselines regardless of depth or distance from the coast; and (b) the air space over those waters as well as their bed and subsoil and the resources, living and non-living, contained therein (sect. 4). The archi Full text English Website www.moj.gov.jm