EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA   

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. 

[Commencement. ] [2nd October, 1978]           

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