MEXICAN FISHEKY LEGISLATION 



IV. That of the islands of Guadalupe and Revillagigedo, with their submarine plat- 

 forms, located in the Pacific Ocean.' 



'Article ii8. The islands of both seas belonging to national territory, the continental 

 shelf, and the submarine platforms shall be under the direct jurisdiction of the Government 

 of the Federation, with the exception of those islands over which the states have exercised 

 jurisdiction up to the present time."" 



The only article of this bill was presented for discussion, and since no deputy wished to 

 discuss it, a vote was taken, the bill being passed unanimously by seventy-seven votes. It 

 was passed on to the State Legislatures for the corresponding constitutional proceedings. 



The meeting was adjourned at A:25 p.m. 



APPENDIX Xm 



hEGUIATION RDR IHE OCCUPATION AND CONSTRUCTION 

 OF WORKS IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA, NAVIGABLE '.VATS, 

 BEACHES AND PEDERAL ZONES 



Signed January 30, 1940. Published October 30, 1940. 

 As amended to January 25, 1947. 



TITLE I 



CHAPTER I 



Jurisdiction 



Article 1. In accordance with the provisions of article 15 of the Law of Ministries 

 and Departments of State, of December 30, 1939, the Department of the National Navy (now 

 Ministry of Marine) is empowered: 



I. To authorize the occupation and construction of works in the territorial sea, in 

 the general ways of river or lake communication, in river beds and basins under federal 

 jurisdiction if they are navigable, and on the beaches and in federal zones; 



II. To fix inspection rates for works completed and for the rental of the zones 

 occupied. 



Article 2. The zones referred to in the previous article in accordance with the Laws 

 of Fixed Property of the Federation and of Nationally Owned Waters, are as follows: 



I, The territorial sea to a distance of 9 nautical miles from the line of lowest low 

 water on the mainland or on the islands forming part of national territory; 



II. The beach, i.e., that part of the land which, due to tides, is covered and uncovered 

 by water to the line of maxiimam annual high tide; 



m. The maritime terrestial zone consisting of a strip of land 20 meters wide not 

 covered by the tide, contiguous to the ocean beaches or to the banks of the rivers from their 

 mouths in the sea to the upstream points of mfliri mum annual high tide; 



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