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Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority Act 1990 Part I — Preliminary

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Short title and commencement

s 1

(1) This Act may be cited as the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority Act 1990. (2) This Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Agreement” means Agreement on the Constitution and Other Matters Relating to the Establishment of the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority signed by the Government of Malaysia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand on 30 May 1990, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; “Fund” means the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority Fund referred to under section 9; “Governments” means the Government of Malaysia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand; “Joint Authority” means the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority; “Joint Development Area” means the defined area of the continental shelf of Malaysia and the Kingdom of Thailand in the Gulf of Thailand described under section 6; “line dividing jurisdiction” means the straight line joining the following coordinated points: (A) N 6° 50'.0 E 102° 21'.2; (X) N 7° 35'.0 E 103° 23'.0 which divides civil and criminal jurisdiction in the Joint Development Area; “Memorandum of Understanding, 1979” means the Memorandum of Understanding between Malaysia and the Kingdom of Thailand on the Establishment of a Joint Authority for the Exploitation of the Resources of the Sea-Bed in a Defined Area of the Continental Shelf of the Two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand, signed on 21 February 1979; “Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for petroleum; “natural resources” means any non-living natural resources including any minerals, mineral oils and metals; “petroleum” means any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition and casinghead petroleum spirit, including bituminous shales and other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted.

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