LAWS OF MALAYSIA Ac-- t 83 CONTINENTAL SHELF ACI; 1%6 (Revised-El72) Revised up to .. . . . . ... 1st June, 1972 Date appointed for coming into force . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st August, 1972 Date of publication in Gazette . . . 13th July, 1972 Enacted in 1966 as Act No. 57 of 1966. LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 83 CONTINENTAL SHELF Am, 1%6 (Revised-1972) An Act relating to continental shelf of Malaysia, the exploration thereof and the exploitation of its natural resources and for matters connected therewith. [West Malaysia-28th July, 1966; East Malaysia--8th November, 1969.1 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Continental Shelf Act, Citation. 1966. (2) (Omitted). 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- "continental shelf" means the sea-bed and subsoil of submarine areas adjacent to the coast of Malaysia but beyond the limits of the territorial waters of the States, the surface of which lies at a depth no greater than two hundred metres below :the surface of the sea, or,...