Contiguous zone definition

Contiguous zone means the entire zone established by the United States under Article 24 of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (37 FR 11906 June 15, 1972).

Contiguous zone. ’ means the entire zone established or to be established by the United States under article 24 of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone;

Contiguous zone. ’ means the entire zone

Examples of Contiguous zone in a sentence

• Contiguous zone means the zone established by the United States under Article 24 of the Convention of the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, that is contiguous to the territorial sea and that extends nine miles seaward from the outer limit of the territorial area.

• Contiguous zone means the entire zone established by the United States under Article 24 of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone.

• Contiguous zone means the zone of the high seas, established by the United States under Article 24 of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, which is contiguous to the territorial sea and which extends nine miles seaward from the outer limit of the territorial sea.

• Contiguous zone of India.—(1) The contiguous zone of India (hereinafter referred to as the contiguous zone) is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial waters and the limit of the contiguous zone is the line every point of which is at a distance of twenty-four nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline referred to in sub-section (2) of section 3.

• The first was UNCLOS I which was held in 1958 and resulted in the adoption of the four so-called 1958 Geneva Conventions: The Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous zone, the Convention on the High Seas, the Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas and the Convention on the Continental Shelf.

More Definitions of Contiguous zone

Contiguous zone means the entire zone established by the United States under Article 24

Contiguous zone means that area contiguous to the territorial sea which does not extend beyond twenty-four nautical miles from the archipelagic baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured;

Contiguous zone means the contiguous zone of India described, or notified as such for the time being under section 5 of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (80 of 1976);

Contiguous zone means the area of sea specified in section 12;

Contiguous zone means the zone of the high seas contiguous to the territorial seas extending out to 24 nautical miles (NM) from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. See (Presidential Proclamation No. 7219, August 2, 1999).

Contiguous zone. , of Nauru, means the contiguous zone mentioned in section 5(1) of the Sea Boundaries Act 1997;

Contiguous zone means the contiguous zone of Seychelles as defined in section 8;