An Act (No. 37 of 1993) respecting the territorial sea. archivelagic waters, internal waters and the exclusive economic zone '/ Enacted by the Parliament of The Bahamas. 1. Short title and commencement This Act may be cited as the Archipelagic Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1993 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister responsible for the Law of the Sea may appoint by notice published in the Gazette. 2. Interuretation In this Act: "archipelagic baselines" means the baselines drawn under section 3(2); "baseline" means the line from which the width of the territorial sea of The Bahamas is measured; "Convention" means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea signed on 10 December 1982; "exclusive economic zone" means the exclusive economic zone of The Bahamas as defined in section 8; "innocent passage" means passage which is not deemed to be prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of The Bah...