This Act amends the Continental Shelf Act, 1966. Amendments include: the substitution of the definition of “continental shelf" with a new definition in section 2; the insertion of new sections 2A and 2B providing for the delimitation of the continental shelf between Malaysia and a country with opposite or adjacent coasts and for continental shelf limits and continental margins; the insertion of a subsection (2) to section 3 on rights with respect to the exploration of the continental shelf; the insertion of a subsection (5a) after subsection (5) of section 4 dealing with licences for mining within the continental shelf; the insertion of a new section 4A after section 4 on financial obligations; and minor changes to section 6.
Malaysia · 2009-01-01