TERRITORY

ART I NATIONAL TERRITORY

The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and water embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3046 An Act to Define the Baselines of the Territorial Sea of the Philippines
- Approved: 17 June 1961 Whereas clauses 1. The following form part of territorial sea of the Phils: All waters within limits set forth in Treaty of Paris (1898), US-Spain treaty (1900), and USBritain treaty (1930). All waters around, between and connecting the various islands of the archipelago. All waters beyond outermost islands of archipelago but within limits of boundaries set forth in such treaties. 2. The baselines from which the territorial sea of Philippines is determined consist of straight lines joining appropriate points of the outermost islands of the archipelago. Section 1 It defines and describes the baselines for the territorial sea of the Phils. Section 2 All waters within the baselines provided in sec1 are considered inland or internal waters of