Section 2 - Indian Antarctic Act, 2022

The Indian Antarctic Act, 2022

2. Application.-

This Act shall apply to,-

(a) a citizen of India; or

(b) a citizen of any other country; or

(c) a company, body corporate, corporation, partnership firm, joint venture, an association of persons or any other entity incorporated, established or registered as such under any law in force in India; or

(d) any vessel or aircraft registered in India or outside India, if such person, vessel or aircraft is part of an Indian expedition to Antarctica under a permit issued under this Act and shall include any such vessel or aircraft which is registered in India but chartered by any other Party for entering into Antarctica;

(e) Antarctica, comprising of the following areas, namely:-

(i) the continent of Antarctica, including its ice-shelves;

(ii) all islands south of 60° South Latitude, including their ice-shelves;

(iii) all areas of the continental shelf that are adjacent to that continent or to those islands that are south of 60° South Latitude;

(iv) all sea and air space south of 60° South Latitude; and

(v) the area specified in Article I of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.