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Exclusive Economic Zones Act

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EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE ACT

Arrangement of Sections

1. Delimitation of Exclusive Economic Zone of Nigeria.

2. Exploitation, etc., of Exclusive Zone.

3. Power to erect installations, etc., and offences in relation thereto.

4. Applicability of criminal and civil laws, etc.

5. Offences by bodies corporate.

6. Interpretation.

7. Short title.

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EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE ACT

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.

[2nd October, 1978] [Commencement. ]

1. Delimitation of Exclusive Economic Zone of Nigeria

(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, there is hereby denominated a zone to be known as the Exclusive Economic Zone of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as the "Exclusive Zone") which shall be an area extending from the external limits of the territorial waters of Nigeria up to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial waters of Nigeria is measured.
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not be applicable to the extent that under the provisions of any treaty or other written agreement between Nigeria and any neighbouring territorial State, the Exclusive Zone is agreed to be less than the distance specified in subsection (1) of this section.

2. Exploitation, etc., of Exclusive Zone

(1) Without prejudice to the Territorial Waters Act, the Petroleum Act or the Sea Fisheries Act, sovereign and exclusive rights with respect to the exploration and exploitation of the natural resources of the sea bed, subsoil and superjacent waters of the Exclusive Zone shall vest in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and such rights shall be exercisable by the Federal Government or by such Minister or agency as the Government may, from time to time, designate in that behalf either generally or in any special case.

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