۱. In a zone contiguous to its territorial sea, described as the contiguous zone, the coastal State may exercise the control necessary to:
(a) prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea;
(b) punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea.
۲. The contiguous zone may not extend beyond ۲۴ nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.