The Act consists of 42 sections divided into 10 Parts: Preliminary (I); Exclusive Economic Zone (II); Fisheries (III); Protection and preservation of the marine environment (IV); Marine scientific research (V); Artificial islands, installations and structures (VI); Submarine cables and pipelines (VII); Enforcement (VIII); Offences, penalties, legal proceedings and compensations (IX); Miscellaneous (X). In principle, the EEZ of Malaysia is the area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of Malaysia and extends to a distance of two hundred nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured (sect. 3). The seas comprised in the Exclusive Economic Zone shall be part of Malaysian fisheries waters (sect. 6). Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any written law relating to fisheries shall be applicable in the exclusive economic zone and on the continental shelf with such necessary modifications or exceptions as may be necessary in an Order made under section 41. Section 42 provides for legislation making powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Malasia · 1984-12-24