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SOUTH AFRICA

CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED
Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 5 May 2009 - in respect of the mainland of the territory of the Republic of South Africa
Joint submission by France and South Africa to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 6 May 2009 - in the area of the Crozet Archipelago and the Prince Edward Islands

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
 Maritime Zones Act, No. 15 of 1994 (Repeals the Territorial Waters Act No. 87 of 1963 and Territorial Waters Amendment Act, No. 98 of 1977)
Territorial Waters Act No. 87 of 1963, as amended by the Territorial Waters Amendment Act, No. 98 of 1977 (Repealed by the Maritime Zones Act, No. 15 of 1994)

Piracy

Defence Act 2002

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material
with Namibia
 Treaty between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the Republic of Namibia with respect to Walvis Bay and the off-shore Islands, 28 February 1994
 
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