Prohibited Areas Ordinance. Country/Territory Tonga Document type Legislation Date 1957 (1978) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn 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, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Ordinance grants powers to the Minister to declare any island within Tuvalu and its territorial waters to be a prohibited area. No person shall remain in or enter into or attempt to enter into any prohibited area without the authority in writing of the Minister or of any person to whom he or she may have delegated this authority. A definition of “territorial waters” is given for purposes of this Ordinance. Full text English Website www.paclii.org