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Exclusive Economic Zone Act (Cap. T.5).

País/Territorio
Nigeria
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
1978 (2013)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
Official publication, pp. 5343-5346.
Título completo
An Act to delimit the Exclusive Economic Zone of Nigeria being an area extending up to 200 nautical miles seawards from the coasts of Nigeria. Within this Zone, and subject to universally recognized rights of other States (including land-locked States), Nigeria would exercise certain sovereign rights especially in relation to the conservation or exploitation of the natural resources (minerals, living species, etc.) of the sea bed, its subsoil and superjacent waters and the right to regulate by law the establishment of artificial structures and installations and marine scientific research, amongst other things.
Materia
Mar
Palabra clave
Zona marítima ZEE-Zona Económica Exclusiva Soberanía
Área geográphica
Africa, Atlántico Norte, Africa Occidental
Resumen

This Act provides for the establishment of an Exclusive Economic Zone of Nigeria, delimits the zone at two hundred nautical miles from the baselines, and regulates certain activities within the Zone. The EEZ shall extend up to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial waters of Nigeria is measured. Section 2 provides for the exploitation of the EEZ. Section 4 provides for the applicability of criminal and civil laws in the EEZ: "Any act or omission which- (a) takes place on, under or above an installation in a designated area or any waters within 200 metres of such installation; and (b) would, if taking place in any part of Nigeria, constitute an offence under the enactment in force in that part, shall be treated for the purposes of that law as taking place in Nigeria". (7 sections)

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.placng.org