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1 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 7 (1982)

handle is hein.unl/uncsea0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea CONTENTS Page PR EA M B LE .................................................... 21 PART I. INTRODUCTION ....................................... 22 Article 1. Use of terms and scope ...................... 22 PART II. TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE ........ 23 SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ............................ 23 Article 2. Legal status of the territorial sea, of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil ................................ 23 SECTION 2. LIMITS OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA .................. 23 Article 3. Breadth of the territorial sea .................. 23 Article 4. Outer limit of the territorial sea ................ 23 Article 5. Normal baseline ............................ 23 A rticle 6. R eefs .................................... 23 Article 7. Straight baselines ........................... 24 Article 8. Internal waters ............................. 24 Article 9. M ouths of rivers ............................ 24 Article 10. Bays ........ 24 A rticle 11. Ports ..................................... 25 Article 12. Roadsteads ................................ 25 Article 13. Low-tide elevations ......................... 25 Article 14. Combination of methods for determining baselines ....................... 26 Article 15. Delimitation of the territorial sea between States with opposite or adjacent coasts ............................. 26 Article 16. Charts and lists of geographical coordinates ...... 26 SECTION 3. INNOCENT PASSAGE IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA ..... 26 SUBSECTION A. RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL SHIPS ......... 26 Article 17. Right of innocent passage .................... 26 Article 18. M eaning of passage ......................... 26 Article 19. Meaning of innocent passage .................. 27 Article 20. Submarines and other underwater vehicles ....... 27 Article 21. Laws and regulations of the coastal State relating to innocent passage ........................... 27 Article 22. Sea lanes and traffic separation schemes in the territorial sea .............................. 28 Article 23. Foreign nuclear-powered ships and ships carrying nuclear or other inherently