United Nations Convention on the law of the sea CONTENTS PREAMBLE e22 PARTL INTRODUCTION Article I Use of terms and scope PARTII TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 2 egal status of the territorial sea, of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed SECTION 2. LIMITS OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA Article 3. Breadth of the territorial sea Article 4 Outer limit of the territorial sea 33333 Article 5. Normal baseline Article 6 Reefs rticle 7. Straight baselines rticle 8 rticle Mouths of rivers 444 Article 10. Bays Article 11. Ports Article 12. Roadsteads Article 13. Low-tide elevations Article 14 of methods for Article 15. Delimitation of the territorial sea between Article 16. Charts and lists of geographical coordi SECTION 3. INNOCENT PASSAGE IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA SUBSECTION A. RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL SHIPS Article 17. Right of innocent passage Article 18. Meaning of passage Article 19. Meaning of innocent passage Article 20 Submarines and other underwater vehicles Article 21. Laws and regulations of the coastal State relating to Article 22. Sea lanes and traffic territorial sea Article 23. Foreign nuclear-powered ships and ships carrying nuclear or other inherently7 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea CONTENTS Page PREAMBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 Article 6. Reefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Article 7. Straight baselines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Article 8. Internal waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Article 9. Mouths of rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Article 10. Bays . . . . . . . . 24 Article 11. Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Article 12. Roadsteads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Article 13. Low-tide elevations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Article 14. Combination of methods for determining baselines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Article 15. De l i mi t a t i o n o f t h e 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. Meaning 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