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Maritime Zones

Territorial Seas: Extends to 12 nautical miles from the baseline. The sovereignty of a coastal state extends to the air over the territorial sea as well as its bed and subsoil. Foreign flag buses have a right of innocent passage through it, right of innocent passage can be suspended if it is essential for the protection of the coastal state, its security or for weapon exercise. Coastal state can exercise criminal jurisdiction in territorial seas if the consequences of crime extend to the coastal state if crime disturb the peace of the country or good order of the sea, if zero diction is necessary to suppress traffic of narcotic drugs or if the agent of flag state request the coastal state exercise your jurisdiction. Internal Waters: Internal water includes water on the landward side of the baseline of a Nation's territorial water, except in archipelagic states it includes waterway such as river and canal and sometimes water within the small base, in intern...