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Prohibited Areas Ordinance [Cap 77].

Country/Territory
Kiribati
Document type
Legislation
Date
1957 (1977)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of the Gilbert Islands, Revised Edition 1977.
Long title
An Ordinance to provide for certain islands and their territorial waters to be declared prohibited areas.
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Territorial sea Sovereignty
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Micronesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Ordinance empowers the Governor to declare, by Notice, any island within Kiribati and its territorial waters to be a prohibited area. In this Ordinance "territorial waters" means that part of the sea adjacent to the coast of any island Kiribati, which is within 3 geographical miles measured from low-water mark of the seaward side of the reef fronting such coast or bounding any lagoon waters adjacent to such coast or, when a reef is not present, from the low-water mark of the coast itself. No person shall remain in or enter into or attempt to enter into any prohibited area without the authority in writing of the Governor. (6 sections)

Full text
English
Website
www.paclii.org