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PAKISTAN

SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

 M.Z.N. 27. 1999. LOS of 4 June 1999: Deposit of the list of geographical coordinates of points for the drawing of the straight baselines, established by Notification of 29 August 1996, with an illustrative map

 M.Z.N. 122. 2016. LOS: Deposit by Pakistan, pursuant to articles 76, paragraph 9, and 84, paragraph 2, of the Convention, of a chart, including a list of geographical coordinates of points, and relevant information, permanently describing the outer limits of its continental shelf

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points

  India: Communication from the Government of India dated 22 May 2001 containing Statement of the position of the Indian Government with respect to the deposit of a list of geographical coordinates (see M.Z.N. 27. 1999. LOS of 4 June 1999) by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan” (LOSIC No. 14 and Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 46)

  Oman: Communication dated 7 December 2016 concerning the deposit by Pakistan of a chart, including a list of geographical coordinates of points and relevant information (see M.Z.N. 122. 2016. LOS of 8 September 2016)

SUBMISSION IN REFERENCE TO DUE PUBLICITY OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

- Exclusive Fishery Zone (Regulation of Fishery) Act 1975;
- Territorial waters and Maritime Zone Act 1976;
- Exclusive Fishery Zone (Regulation of Fishery) Rules 1978 as amended in 1990;
- Territorial waters and Maritime Zone (Amendment) Act 1997 which amends the Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act 1976

Relevant articles of UNCLOS: 21(3)

LOSIC No. 7

Texts published in The Law of the Sea: National Legislation on Territorial Sea, the Right of Innocent Passage and the Contiguous Zone (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.V.7), p.256; and in The Law of the Sea: National Legislation on the Exclusive Economic Zone (United Nations Publication, Sales No. E.93.V.10), p.263.

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the submission in reference to due publicity obligations

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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 30 April 2009

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation

 Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (of 22 December 1976)

 Statutory Notification of 29 August 1996, specifying the baseline from which the limits of the Territorial Waters, the Contiguous Zone, the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf shall be measured

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Oman

 Muscat Agreement on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between the Sultanate of Oman and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 12 June 2000 (entry into force: 21 November 2000; registration #: 38455; registration date: 6 June 2002; link to UNTS)
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