Maritime Zones (Delimitation) Law, 1986 (P.N.D.C.L. 159). Country/Territory Ghana Document type Legislation Date 1986 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn 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. Full text English/French