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Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act.

Country/Territory
Gambia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1968 (1969)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Territorial sea Sovereignty
Geographical area
Africa, Least Developed Countries, North Atlantic, Sahel, Western Africa
Abstract

"Gambia shall extend for a distance of 12 nautical miles form the low-water mark and any reference to "The Gambia" whatsoever or wheresoever made shall to be deemed in the absence of a contrary intention to include the territorial sea of The Gambia" (sect. 2). "Any reference in any law in force in The Gambia to "territorial waters" shall be construed as it were a reference to "territorial sea" (sect. 4).

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