Act No. 2/85 establishing straight baselines
Made 1985-05-17 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Organisation
- European Union
- Country
- Guinea-Bissau
- Subjects
- Sea
- Keywords
- maritime zone, territorial sea, sovereignty, maritime boundaries
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Act No. 2/85 of 17 May 1985 establishing straight gaselines In view of the need to establish straiSht baselines in accordance with the Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982; At the proposal of the Council of Ministers and in exercise of the functions and powers conferred on it under article 56, item 8, of the Constitution, the People's National Assembly approves, and I tromulgate, the following Act: In the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, the straight baselines for measuring the breadth of the territori•l sea shall be defined by the points whose geographical co-ordinates are given in the following table: Point North latitgie West longitude 1 12°20'20" 16°43'05" 2 11°38'12" 16°35'12" 3 11°16'18" 16°28'53" 4 ll0 0tt34" 16°11'04" 5 10°51'25" 15°43'35" 6 10°50'00" 15°10'30" Article 2 Any legal provisions which are at variance with this Act shall be revoked. Article 3 This Act shall enter into force immediat,ly.