Laws On-line Statute LawBy ChapterBy TitleSupplementary VolumeSubsidiary LegislationAnnual VolumeStatutory InstrumentsNo. 12 of 2005AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PROTECTIONOF MARINE MAMMALSEnacted by the Parliament of The Bahamas.[Date of Assent : – 2nd August, 2005]1.(1)This Act may be cited as the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 2005.Short title and commencement.(2)This Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister may appoint by notice published in the Gazette.2.In this Act -Interpretation."captive marine mammal" means a marine mammal under human care and maintained in a captive marine mammal facility;"captive marine mammal facility" means premises open to the public and licensed under section 6, for the holding, maintenance and display of marine mammals belonging to the family Delphinidae and any other marine mammal that the Minister may designate by Order published in the Gazette;"exclusive economic zone" means the exclusive economic zone of...