1833 UNTS 3
Concluded: 10 December 1982
In force: 16 November 1994
PART I INTRODUCTION
Article 1 Use of terms and scope 423
PART II TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE
SECTION 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 424
Article 2 Legal status of the territorial sea, of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil 424
SECTION 2 LIMITS OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA 425
Article 3 Breadth of the territorial sea 425
Article 4 Outer limit of the territorial sea 425
Article 5 Normal baseline 425
Article 6 Reefs 425
Article 7 Straight baselines 425
Article 8 Internal waters 426
Article 9 Mouths of rivers 426
Article 10 Bays 426
Article 11 Ports 426
Article 12 Roadsteads 427
Article 13 Low-tide elevations 427
Article 14 Combination of methods for determining baselines 427
Article 15 Delimitation of the territorial sea between States with opposite or adjacent coasts 427
Article 16 Charts and lists of geographical coordinates 427
SECTION 3 INNOCENT PASSAGE IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA 427
Subsection A Rules Applicable to All Ships 427
Article 17 Right of innocent passage 427
Article 18 Meaning of passage 428
Article 19 Meaning of innocent passage 428
Article 20 Submarines and other underwater vehicles 428
Article 21 Laws and regulations of the coastal State relating to innocent passage 428
Article 22 Sea lanes and traffic separation schemes in the territorial sea 429
Article 23 Foreign nuclear-powered ships and ships carrying nuclear or other inherently dangerous or noxious substances 429
Article 24 Duties of the coastal State 429
Article 25 Rights of protection of the coastal State 430
Article 26 Charges which may be levied upon foreign ships 430
Subsection B Rules Applicable to Merchant Ships and Government Ships Operated for Commercial Purposes 430
Article 27 Criminal jurisdiction on board a foreign ship 430
Article 28 Civil jurisdiction in relation to foreign ships 431
Subsection C Rules Applicable to Warships and other Government Ships Operated for Non-Commercial Purposes 431
Article 29 Definition of warships 431
Article 30 Non-compliance by warships with the laws and regulations of the coastal State 431
Article 31 Responsibility of the flag State for damage caused by a warship or other government ship operated for non-commercial purposes 431
Article 32 Immunities of warships and other government ships operated for non-commercial purposes 432
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