Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
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                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						1 October 1959 | 
					S. 18(2) | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Repealed | 
					8/2006, s. 4(1) and sch. 1. See also s. 4(2). | 
					
			
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						Trans. of functns. under. | 
					S. I. No. 83 of 1965 | 
					
			
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					S. I. No. 30 of 1977 | 
					
			
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						S.3 am. | 
					9/1988, ss. 2 (1), 3 (3) | 
					
			
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						S.4 (1) (b), par. substit. | 
					9/1988, ss. 2 (2), 3 (3) | 
					
			
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						S.5 appl. | 
					1/1992, ss. 1 (2), 117 | 
					
			
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					28/2000, ss. 1 (2), 185, 290 | 
					
			
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						S.6 (1) am. | 
					32/1964, s.2 | 
					
			
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						S.8 (1) am. | 
					31/1962, s.34 | 
					
			
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						S.10 am. | 
					33/1981, ss. 4 (2), 15 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.10 (1), constr. of ref. to ship | 
					18/1987, ss. 1 (2), 38 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.11, applic. rstrct in cert. circs. | 
					15/1994, ss. 2, 36 (4) | 
					
			
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						S.13 am. | 
					32/1964, s.4 | 
					
			
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						S.14 (1) am. | 
					9/1988, ss. 2 (3), 3 (3) | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 4(2) | 
					Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 (Straight Baselines) Order, 1959 (S.I. No. 173 of 1959) | 
				
			
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						S. 6 | 
					Maritime Jurisdiction (Exclusive Fishery Limits) Order 1976 (S.I. No. 320 of 1976) | 
				
			
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						S. 13 | 
					Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 (Charts) Order, 1959 (S.I. No. 174 of 1959) |