Section 7: Contiguous zone

7. Contiguous zone.—(1) The contiguous zone of Pakistan, hereinafter referred to as the contiguous zone, is an area adjacent to and beyond the territorial sea, the limit of which is twenty-four nautical miles measured from the baseline. (2) The Federal Government, or any authority or person duly authorized in this behalf by the Federal Government, may exercise such powers and take such measures in or in respect of the contiguous zone as it may consider necessary to prevent and punish the contravention of and an attempt to contravene any law, for the time being in force, relating to; (a) the security of Pakistan; (b) immigration and sanitation; (c) customs and other fiscal matters; or (d) archaeological and historical objects. (3) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette,— (a) extend to the contiguous zone any relevant law for the time being in force in Pakistan, or any provision thereof, relating to any matter referred to in sub- section (2); and (b) make such provisions, as it may consider necessary, for facilitating the enforcement of such law in the contiguous zone.

Effective date: 2023-04-26

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