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Updated 27 April 2007

Legislation

The Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976, Act No. 80 of 28 May 1976
Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Indonesia

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia relating to the delimitation of the continental shelf boundary between the two countries (with annexed chart), 8 August 1974 (entry into force: 17 December 1974; registration #: 19474; registration date: 22 December 1980; link to UNTS)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on the extension of the 1974 continental shelf boundary between the two countries in the Andaman Sea and the Indian Ocean, 14 January 1977 (entry into force: 22 December 1980; registration #: 19475; registration date: 22 December 1980; link to UNTS)

with Maldives

Agreement between India and Maldives on Maritime Boundary in The Arabian Sea and Related Matters

with Myanmar

Agreement between the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma and the Republic of India on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Andaman Sea, in the Coco Channel and in the Bay of Bengal (with maps), 23 December 1986 (entry into force: 14 September 1987; registration #: 25390; registration date: 21 October 1987; link to UNTS)

with Sri Lanka

Agreement between Sri Lanka and India on the boundary in historic waters between the two countries and related matters (with map), 26 and 28 June 1974 (entry into force: 10 July 1974; registration #: 15802; registration date: 19 July 1977; link to UNTS)
Agreement between Sri Lanka and India on the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Gulf of Mannar and the Bay of Bengal and related matters (with map), 23 March 1976 (entry into force: 10 May 1976; registration #: 15804; registration date: 19 July 1977; link to UNTS)
Supplementary Agreement between Sri Lanka and India on the extension of the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Gulf of Mannar from position 13 m to the trijunction point between Sri Lanka, India and Maldives (point T), 22 November 1976 (entry into force: 5 February 1977; registration #:  15804; registration date: 19 July 1977; link to UNTS)

with Thailand

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Government of the Republic of India on the delimitation of sea-bed boundary between the two countries in the Andaman Sea ( with chart and exchange of notes), 22 June 1978 (entry into force: 15 December 1978; registration #: 17433; registration date: 8 January 1979; link to UNTS)

with Indonesia and Thailand

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand, the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia concerning the determination of the trijunction point and the delimitation of the related boundaries of the three countries in the Andaman Sea, 22 June 1978 (entry into force: 2 March 1979; registration #: 19476; registration date; 22 December 1980; link to UNTS)

with Maldives and Sri Lanka

Agreement between Sri Lanka, India and Maldives concerning the determination of the trijunction point between the three countries in the Gulf of Mannar, 23, 24 and 31 July 1976 (entry into force: 31 July 1976; registration #: 15805; registration date: 19 July 1977; link to UNTS)

with Myanmar and Thailand

Agreement between the Government of the Union of Myanmar, the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand on the determination of the trijunction point between the three countries in the Andaman Sea, 27 October 1993 (entry into force: 24 May 1995; registration #: 32099; registration date: 18 August 1995; link to UNTS)
 

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