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Maritime Zones (Delimitation) Law, 1986 (P.N.D.C.L. 159).

Country/Territory
Ghana
Document type
Legislation
Date
1986
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to declare the breadth of the territorial sea and to provide for related matters.
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Territorial sea EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Continental shelf Sovereignty
Geographical area
Africa, North Atlantic, Western Africa
Abstract

This Law establishes a 12 nautical mile territorial sea, a contiguous zone that may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, a 200 economic exclusive zone and a continental shelf that extends beyond the territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

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