ACT
(Act 6 of 1984)
Act 6 of 1984 .. in force 1 November 1988 (S.I. 55/1988)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
| 1. | Short title |
| 2. | Definitions |
PART 2
MARITIME AREAS OF SAINT LUCIA
| 3. | Territorial sea |
| 4. | Baseline of territorial sea |
| 5. | Internal waters |
| 6. | Contiguous zone |
| 7. | Continental shelf |
| 8. | Exclusive economic zone |
| 9. | Delimitation of continental shelf or exclusive economic zone in certain cases |
PART 3
RIGHTS IN RESPECT OF MARITIME AREAS OF SAINT LUCIA
| 10. | Sovereignty in respect of territorial sea |
| 11. | Rights in respect of contiguous zone |
| 12. | Rights in respect of exclusive economic zone and continental shelf |
| 13. | Rights to lay cables and pipelines |
| 14. | Prohibited activities |
PART 4
INNOCENT PASSAGE AND TRANSIT PASSAGE
| 15. | Interpretation |
| 16. | Innocent passage |
| 17. | Transit passage |
| 18. | Engaging in proscribed activities prohibited |
PART 5
CHARTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL CO-ORDINATES
| 19. | Charts of maritime areas |
| 20. | Evidence of charts |
| 21. | Publicity with respect to charts |
PART 6
JURISDICTION OF COURTS AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS
| 22. | Jurisdiction |
| 23. | Apprehension of certain offenders |
| 24. | Arrest on board foreign vessel in territorial sea |
| 25. | Certificate of Attorney General |
| 26. | Civil jurisdiction |
| 27. | Civil jurisdiction in relation to foreign vessels in territorial sea |
| 28. | Application of enactments to maritime area |
PART 7
REGULATIONS, SAVING AND AMENDMENTS
| 29. | Regulations |
| 30. | Saving of Agreement |
AN ACT to make provision with respect to the territorial sea and the continental shelf of Saint Lucia; to establish a contiguous zone and an exclusive economic zone adjacent to and beyond the territorial sea; and for related purposes.
Commencement [1 November 1988]