Notification of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of 13 April 1974

(b) ~1ottfic~tion of Foreign Aff.1irc !-!ini::itry of April 13, 197 1, No. LT-1/3/7',. - In ,:,,tcrci3c of the powcro conferred by eub-::icction (1) of section 3 of the Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1974 (Act No, XXVI of 1974), and in supersession of any previ.ous declaration on the subject, the Government is pleased to declare that the limits of the sea specified in par,:,.r,r<'lph 2 b.-:;yot'ld the land territory and internal Wl':l.ter3 of D.:i.ngld.dc5h 61M.11 he t},c territorial waters of Bangladesh. 2. - The limits of the sea referred to in paragraph 1 shall be twelve nautical miles mea15ured acaward end the baaeli.tc3 set out in paragraph 3 t10 tha.t e;1.ch point of the outer limit of the sea to the nearest point inward on the baselines is twelve nautical miles. 3. - 'The hA3eline$ from which territorial waters shall be meesur~d seaward are the straight lines linking successively the baseline points set out below: Ba;11cllnc Point No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. ,, No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. s Geographical Latit1.1de 21 "12· 00'" N. 21 "15' 00" N. 21 t.,29' 00" N. 21 ° 21' 00" N. 21°11 \ 00" N. 21 "07' 30" N. 21 ° 10' 00" N. 20°21 1 45" N. co-ordini,.tc~ baseline point Longitude 89"06' 45" E. 89""16' 00" E. 89"36' 00" E. 89°55' 00" E. 90" 33' 00" E. 91 "06' oo·· E. 91°56' 00" E. !)2"17' 30" E. No. LT-1/3/74. - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of ·!'..e<:tton 5 vf the Tcn~itoi:idl Wa.ter,s <1nd M.ai·ttiuie Zonee; Ace, 1??4 (Act No. KXVI of 1974)) the Government is pleased to declare that the Zone of the high seas extending to 200 nautical mites measured from the baselines shall be the economic zone of Bangladesh.