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THAILAND

Legislation

 Declaration of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Inner Part of the Gulf of Thailand, 22 September 1959
 Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Historic Bay, 26 September 1959 (English translation not available)
 Proclamation establishing the Breadth of the Territorial Waters, of 6 October 1966
 Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister, 12 June 1970
 Royal Proclamation establishing the Continental Shelf of the Kingdom of Thailand in the Gulf of Thailand, 18 May 1973 (English translation not available)
 Royal Proclamation establishing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand, 23 February 1981
 Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Straight Baselines and Internal Waters of Thailand, 11 August 1992
 Proclamation establishing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand adjacent to the Exclusive Economic Zone of Malaysia in the Gulf of Thailand, 18 February 1988
 Proclamation establishing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand in the Andaman Sea, 18 July 1988
 Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning straight baselines and internal waters of Thailand Area 4, 17 August 1992
 Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand regarding the position of the Royal Thai Government on the right of innocent passage in the territorial seas, etc.
 Royal Proclamation establishing the Contiguous Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand, 14 August 1995

Piracy

Act on Prevention and Suppression of Piracy B.E 2534 (1991)

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with India

 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 India and Indonesia

 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 India and Myanmar

 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)

with Indonesia

 Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia relating to the delimitation of a continental shelf boundary between the two countries in the northern part of the Straits of Malacca and in the Andaman Sea (with charts), 17 December 1971 (entry into force: 7 April 1973; registration #: 16929; registration date: 8 September 1978; link to UNTS)
 Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia relating to the Delimitation of the Seabed Boundary between the two Countries in the Andaman Sea, 11 December 1975 (entry into force: 18 February 1978; registration #: 16930; registration date: 8 September 1978; link to UNTS)

with Indonesia and Malaysia

 Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, The Government of Malaysia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand Relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundaries in the Northern Part of the Strait of Malacca, 21 December 1971 

with Malaysia

 Treaty between the Kingdom of Thailand and Malaysia relating to the delimitation of the territorial seas of the two countries, 24 October 1979 (entry into force: 15 July 1982; registration #: 21270; registration date: 7 October 1982; link to UNTS)
 Memorandum of Understanding between the Kingdom of Thailand and Malaysia on the delimitation of the continental shelf boundary between the two countries in the Gulf of Thailand (with map), 24 October 1979 (entry into force: 15 July 1982; registration #: 21271; registration date: 15 July 1982; link to UNTS)

with Myanmar

 Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and and the Government of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Andaman Sea, 25 July 1980 (entry into force: 12 April 1982; registration #: 21069; registration date: 25 May 1982; link to UNTS)

with Viet Nam

 Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Gulf of Thailand, 9 August 1997 (entry into force: 27 February 1998)

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