Territorial waters

Section 3 (2) of the Territorial Waters, Continental self, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 now provides that the limit of the territorial waters is the line, every point of which is at a distance of twelve nautical miles from the nearest point of the appropriate base line. Another notification of the Government dated 15th January, 1977 has extended the "exclusive economic zone" of India upto a distance of 200 nautical miles into the sea from the shore base line. This has been done under the Territorial Waters, Continental shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976, passed after the Constitution (40th Amendment) Act, 1976.