Territorial Waters (Amendment) Decree 1998
Made 1998-01-01 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Organisation
- African Union (AU)
- Country
- Nigeria
- Subjects
- Sea
- Keywords
- maritime zone, territorial sea, sovereignty, maritime boundaries
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Territorial Waters (Amendment) Decree 1998 The Federal Military Government hereby decrees as follows: 1. The Territorial Waters Act (in this Decree referred to as the "principal Act") is hereby amended as set out in this Decree. 2. Section 1 of the principal Act is amended as follows: (a) In subsection (1), for the word "thirty" there shall be substituted the word "twelve"; (b) By deleting subsection (3)(a) thereof and inserting a new subsection (3)(a) as follows: "(3)(a) in the definition of territorial waters contained in section 18(1) of the Interpretation Act, for the words "thirty nautical miles" there shall be substituted the words "twelve nautical miles;" 3. This Decree may be cited as the Territorial Waters (Amendment) Decree 1998. MADE at Abuja this 1st day of January 1998.