Maritime Zones Act 1999. Country/Territory Samoa Document type Legislation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Consolidated Acts of Samoa 2014. Long titleAn Act to make provision with respect to the internal waters, territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf of Samoa; and related matters. Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea Continental shelf EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Sovereignty Offences/penalties Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Act defines maritime zones of Samoa. The internal waters include any areas of the sea that are on the landward side of the baseline of the territorial sea of Samoa. The territorial sea of Samoa comprises those areas of the sea having, as their inner limits, the baselines described in sections 6 and 7 and, as their outer limits, a line measured seaward from those baselines, every point of which is distant 12 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline. The baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Samoa is measured shall in principle be the seaward side of: (a) The low-water mark of any reef fringing the coast of any part of Samoa; (b) the low-water line of any low tide elevation which is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from the mainland or an island; (c) the low-water line along the coast of Samoa, in the case where a fringing reef is not present. The contiguous zone of Samoa comprises that part of the sea within 24 nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. The exclusive economic zone of Samoa comprises that area of the sea, seabed, and subsoil that are beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea, having as their outer limits the line every point of which is 200 nautical miles seaward from the nearest point of the territorial sea baseline. Section 24 defines the Continental Shelf of Samoa. Other provisions of this act concern innocent passage, sovereignty, baselines in bays, civil and criminal jurisdiction, charts, jurisdiction of courts, international agreements, etc. Full text English Website www.paclii.org References - Legislation Repeals Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977. Legislation | Samoa | 1977 Keyword: Marine area, Maritime zone, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Offences/penalties, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX Territorial Sea Act, 1971 (Act No. 3). Legislation | Samoa | 1971 Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Maritime Zones Order Legislation | Samoa | 2014 Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea, Continental shelf, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Sovereignty, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Samoa Maritime Zones Order 2017. Legislation | Samoa | 2017 Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea, Continental shelf, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Maritime Zones (Amendment) Act (Act No. 13 of 2004). Legislation | Samoa | 2004 Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea, Continental shelf, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Offences/penalties, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX Maritime Zones (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 6 of 2015). Legislation | Samoa | 2015 Keyword: Fishery management and conservation, Marine fisheries, Maritime zone, Territorial sea, Continental shelf, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Ecosystem preservation, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX