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UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION 

ON THE LAW OF THE SEA

Done at Montego Bay, Jamaica, 10 December 1982

Entered into force, 16 November 1994

PART IV

ARCHIPELAGIC STATES

Article 46  Use of Terms
Article 47 Archipelagic Baselines
Article 48   Measurement of the Breadth of the Territorial Sea, the Contiguous Zone, the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf
Article 49  

Legal Status of Archipelagic Waters, of the Air Space over Archipelagic Waters and of their Bed and Subsoil

Article 50 Delimitation of Internal Waters 
Article 51  

Existing Agreements, Traditional Fishing Rights and Existing Submarine Cables

Article 52   Right of Innocent Passage
Article 53   Right of Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage
Article 54   Duties of Ships and Aircraft during their Passage, Research and Survey Activities, Duties of the Archipelagic State and Laws and Regulations of the Archipelagic State relating to Archipelagic Sea Lanes 

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