Royal Proclamation establishing the Breadth of the Territorial Waters
Made 1966-10-06 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Organisation
- Mekong River Commission (MRC)
- Country
- Thailand
- Subjects
- Sea
- Keywords
- maritime zone, territorial sea, sovereignty, maritime boundaries
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Royal Proclamation of 6 October 1966 Establishing the Breadth of Territorial Waters Whereas Thailand always maintains that the sovereignty of Thailand extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea adjacent to the coast, described as the territorial sea, including the air space over the territorial sea as well as its bed and subsoil; lfuereas it is deemed appropriate to establish the breadth of the coastal territorial waters; It is hereby proclaimed that the breadth of the territorial waters of Thailand is established at twelve nautical miles measured from a baseline used for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea.