Section 3: Power to erect installations, etc., and offences in relation thereto.

(1) For the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources and other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the Exclusive Zone, the appropriate authority may establish, or permit the establishment, operation and use by any other person subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, in designated areas-
(a) artificial islands;
(b) installations and structures.
(2) The appropriate authority may, for the purpose of protecting any installation in a designated area by order published in the Federal Gazette, prohibit ships, subject to any exceptions provided in the order, from entering without its consent such part of that area as may be specified in such order.
(3) If any ship enters any part of a designated area in contravention of an order made under this section, its owner or master shall be liable on conviction to a fine of N5,000 or imprisonment for a term of twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment unless he proves that the prohibition imposed by the order was not, and would not on reasonable inquiry have become, known to the master.
(4) In this section, "designated area" means any area of the Exclusive Zone so designated by the appropriate authority for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section.