Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

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Maritime Zones Law (No. 22 of 1976) - Sect 9

Historic waters

9.
(1) The President may by Proclamation published in the Gazette declare the limits of the historic waters of Sri Lanka.
(2) The Republic of Sri Lanka shall exercise sovereignty, exclusive jurisdiction and control in and over the historic waters, as well as in and over the islands and the continental shelf and the sea-bed and sub-soil thereof within such historic waters.

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