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SRI LANKA

CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED

Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 8 May 2009

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation

 Maritime Zones Law No. 22 of 1 September 1976
 Presidential Proclamation of 15 January 1977 in pursuance of Maritime Zones Law No. 22 of 1 September 1976

Piracy

Nstional Legislation

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with India

 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 India and Maldives

 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)
 

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