The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1967/ASVINA 8, 1889
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MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th September, 1967
No. F. L/111 (1)/67.—The following proclamation by the President is published for general information:—
PROCLAMATION
"WHEREAS international law has always recognised that the sovereignty of a State extends to a belt of sea adjacent to its coast;
AND WHEREAS international practice is not uniform as regards the extent of this sea belt commonly known as the territorial waters of a State;
4 THE GA2BTTiE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY IFART UI—SBC 2JAND WHEREAS under international law and custom, a State has the right to fix the limits of its territorial waters up to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate base line;
AND WHEREAS several States have fixed the limits of their territorial waters up to a distance of twelve nautical miles from the appropriate base line and such fixation is in consonance with the requirements and legitimate interests of all countr.es and especially the developing countries;
AND WHEREAS the Republic of India has the obligation to ensure its effective control over as wide an area of the sea adjacent to its coast as is compatible with international law, in order to safeguard its territorial Integrity and as a developing country to exploit and utilise the natural resources of the sea in an eiflcient manner;
NOW, THEREFORE, in the Eighteenth Year of the Republic of India, I, Zakir Husain, President of India, hereby proclaim, in supersession of the Pro- clamations aforesaid, that the territorial waters of India extend into the sea to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate base line.
ZAKIR HUSAIN.
President."
By Order, etc.,
K. KRISHNA RAO, Jt. Secy.