Section 2: Jurisdiction in respect of offences committed in territorial waters.

(1) Any act or omission which-
(a) is committed within the territorial waters of Nigeria , whether by a citizen of Nigeria or a foreigner; and
(b) would, if committed in any part of Nigeria, constitute an offence under the law in force in that part,
shall be an offence under that law and the person who committed it may, subject to section 3 of this Act, be arrested, tried and punished for it as if he had committed it in that part of Nigeria.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section-
(a) shall apply whether or not the act or omission in question is committed on board or by means of a ship or in, or by means of a structure resting on the sea bed or sub-soil; and
(b) shall, in the case of an act or omission committed by a foreigner on board or by means of a foreign ship, apply notwithstanding that the ship is a foreign one.
(3) For the purposes of the issue of a warrant for the arrest of any person who is by virtue of this section liable to be tried in some part of Nigeria for an offence, that offence may be treated as having been committed in any place in that part.
(4) Any jurisdiction conferred on any court by this section shall be without prejudice to any jurisdiction (and in particular any jurisdiction to try acts of piracy as defined by the law of nations) exercisable apart from this section by that or any other court.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as derogating from the jurisdiction possessed by Nigeria under the law of nations, whether in relation to foreign ships or persons on board such ships or otherwise.
(6) In this section-
"foreigner" means a person who is not a citizen of Nigeria;
"foreign ship" means a ship of any country other than Nigeria;
"ship" includes floating craft and floating structures of every description.