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Prohibited Areas Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Tonga
Document type
Legislation
Date
1957 (1978)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
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, 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