1964年6月8日国务院公布

　　第一条　根据《中华人民共和国政府关于领海的声明》，琼州海峡是中国的内海，一切外国籍军用船舶不得通过，一切外国籍非军用船舶如需通过，必须按照本规则的规定申请批准。

　　第二条　为便利对琼州海峡进行管理，设“中华人民共和国琼州海峡管理处”（以下简称琼州海峡管理处）。

　　本规则由琼州海峡管理处监督执行。

　　第三条　琼州海峡管理处对琼州海峡管理的区域（以下简称管理区）暂定如下：木栏头灯桩（约北纬２０度０９分３７秒、东经１１０度４１分）与生狗吼沙灯桩（约北纬２０度２６分、东经１１０度３０分２２秒）联线（简称东线）以西，▲尾角灯桩（约北纬２０度１３分３０秒、东经１０９度５５分３０秒）与临高角灯桩（约北纬２０度００分２２秒、东经１０９度４２分０６秒）联线（简称西线）以东的水域。

　　第四条　外国籍非军用船舶如需通过琼州海峡，必须办理以下手续：

　　（一）在进入管理区四十八小时以前或在开出港启航以前，将船名、国籍、总吨、航速、船身颜色、烟囱标志以及何日、何时由何地开往何处等情况，详细电报琼州海峡管理处，请求过峡。

　　（二）接到批准过峡的通知后，应在进入管理区二十四小时以前或在开出港启航后二小时内，向琼州海峡管理处确报进入管理区的时间。

　　以上请求过峡和批准过峡等的来往电报，均由中国外轮代理公司海口分公司代转。

　　第五条　琼州海峡管理处对于已经批准通过海峡的外国籍非军用船舶，认为必要时，可以临时通知禁止通过。

　　第六条　外国籍非军用船舶通过管理区的时间，一律以白天为限，均应在日出后进入管理区，日落前全部通过管理区。琼州海峡管理处根据申请过峡外国籍非军用船舶的航速，核准其进出海峡的具体时间。

　　第七条　外国籍非军用船舶进出琼州海峡一律走中水道，但经琼州海峡管理处特别许可的不在此限。

　　第八条　外国籍非军用船舶通过管理区时，应在下列规定的航区范围内航行：自东线距木栏头灯桩四海里处至西线距临高角灯桩四海里处联线以北，自东线距木栏头灯桩六海里处至排尾角灯桩正南四海里处继至西线距临高角灯桩十四海里处联线以南的水域。

　　第九条　外国籍非军用船舶通过琼州海峡，必须严格按照所报时间及规定的航区通行。在进入管理区和在管理区通行时，如见有从岸上或舰艇上发出的信号，应立即回答并无条件地执行信号要求。由于不遵守上述规定而发生的后果概由船方自行负责。

　　第十条　外国籍非军用船舶通过琼州海峡时，不得使用雷达。如在航行中遇浓雾、暴雨等视线恶劣的情况，需要使用雷达时，应向琼州海峡管理处提出报告，说明理由以及当时的船位、航速等，经批准后方准使用。如当时情况紧急，危及船舶航行安全时，可以一面申报一面使用，并在事后，将使用起迄时间和经过情况详细报告琼州海峡管理处备案。

　　第十一条　外国籍非军用船舶通过琼州海峡时，不准进行照像、测量以及其他违反中华人民共和国法令的行为。

　　第十二条　外国籍非军用船舶违反本规则，按下列规定处理：

　　（一）在未进入管理区之前，可以命令其停止进入管理区，由原路返航绕海南岛航行，或者俟其办妥过峡手续并经批准后，再行过峡。

　　（二）如果已经进入管理区，可以命令其停航并监送至海口港进行检查，根据检查情况给予处分。在处理后，视情况可以准其通过管理区，或令其退出管理区，直到押送其退出海峡。

　　RULES FOR THE CONTROL OF NON-MILITARY VESSELS OF FOREIGN NATIO-NALITY PASSING THROUGH THE QIONGZHOU STRAIT

　　Important Notice: (注意事项)英文本源自中华人民共和国务院法制局编译, 中国法制出版社出版的《中华人民共和国涉外法规汇编》(1991年7月版).当发生歧意时, 应以法律法规颁布单位发布的中文原文为准.

　　This English document is coming from the "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF

　　THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS"

　　(1991.7) which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of

　　the State Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published

　　by the China Legal System Publishing House. In case of discrepancy, the

　　original version in Chinese shall prevail.

　　Whole Document (法规全文)

　　RULES FOR THE CONTROL OF NON-MILITARY VESSELS OF FOREIGN

　　NATIO-NALITY PASSING THROUGH THE QIONGZHOU STRAIT (Promulgated by the

　　State Council on June 8, 1964)

　　Article 1

　　According to

　　the Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China

　　concerning the Territorial Waters, the Qiongzhou Strait is an inland

　　sea of China, which is closed to all military vessels of

　　foreign nationality. Non-military vessels of foreign nationality to

　　pass through the Strait must be subject to an application for approval

　　according to the provisions of these Rules.

　　Article 2

　　The Qiongzhou Strait Administrative Office of the People's Republic

　　of China (hereinafter referred to as "the Qiongzhou Strait

　　Administrative Office") shall be set up to facilitate the administration

　　of the Qiongzhou Strait.

　　These Rules shall be implemented under the supervision of the Qiongzhou Strait Administrative Office.

　　Article 3

　　The area under the administration of the Qiongzhou Strait

　　Administrative Office with respect to the Qiongzhou Strait (hereinafter

　　referred to as the administrative area) is tentatively delimited as

　　follows: the water area west of the line (the east line for short)

　　linking the Mulantou Lamp Stake (approximately north latitude

　　20x09'37", east longitude 110x41') and the Shenggouhousha Lamp Stake

　　(approximately north latitude 20x26', east longitude 110x31'22") and

　　east of the line (the west line for short) linking the Jiaoweijiao Lamp

　　Stake (approximately north latitude 20x13'30", east longitude

　　109x55'30") and the Lingaojiao Lamp Stake (approximately north latitude

　　20x00'22", east longitude 109x42'06").

　　Article 4

　　Non-military vessels of foreign nationality that need to pass through

　　the Qiongzhou Strait must go through the following formalities:

　　(1) Report in detail by telegram such information as the ship's

　　name, nationality, gross tonnage, speed, hull colour, funnel marks,

　　date and time and port of departure, port of destination, etc. to

　　the Qiongzhou Strait Administrative Office and ask for permission to

　　pass through the Strait 48 hours before entering the administrative

　　area or before leaving the port of departure.

　　(2) Report

　　accurately, after receiving the notice of approval for passing through

　　the Strait, the time of entering the administrative area to the

　　Qiongzhou Strait Administrative Office 24 hours before entering

　　the administrative area, or within 2 hours of weighing anchor at the

　　port of departure. The above-mentioned telegrams concerning request and

　　approval for passing through the Strait shall all be conveyed through

　　the Haikou Branch of the China Ocean-shipping Agency Corporation.

　　Article 5

　　When deemed necessary, the Qiongzhou Strait Administrative Office may

　　send a summary notice to forbid a non-military vessel of foreign

　　nationality which has obtained the approval to pass through the Strait.

　　Article 6 [*1]

　　All non-military vessels of foreign nationality to pass through

　　the administrative area shall do so without exception within daytime.

　　All of them must enter the administrative area after sunrise and leave

　　it before sunset. The Qiongzhou Strait Administrative Office shall

　　check and approve the exact time for entering and leaving the Strait

　　according to the speed of the non-military vessels of foreign

　　nationality which have applied to pass through the Strait.

　　Article 7

　　Except those which have obtained special permission from the

　　Qiongzhou Strait Administrative Office, all non-military vessels

　　of foreign nationality entering and leaving the Qiongzhou Strait must

　　use the middle water course.

　　Article 8

　　Non-military

　　vessels of foreign nationality passing through the

　　administrative area shall navigate in the following prescribed area:

　　north of the line linking the point on the east four nautical miles

　　from the Mulantou Lamp Stake and the point on the west four nautical

　　miles from the Lingaojiao Lamp Stake, and south of the line linking the

　　point on the east six nautical miles from the Mulantou Lamp Stake

　　and the point four nautical miles due south of the Paiweijiao Lamp

　　Stake and then the point on the west 14 nautical miles from the

　　Lingaojiao Lamp Stake.

　　Article 9

　　Non-military vessels of

　　foreign nationality to pass through the Qiongzhou Strait must do so in

　　strict accordance with the reported time and the prescribed area.

　　If they see any signals sent from ashore or naval vessels while they are

　　navigating into or within the administrative area, they shall give

　　an immediate reply and unconditionally carry out the

　　instructions conveyed by the signals. Any consequences arising

　　from failure to observe the above-mentioned stipulations shall be borne

　　by the vessels themselves.

　　Article 10

　　Non-military

　　vessels of foreign nationality passing through the Qiongzhou Strait

　　shall not use radars. If it is necessary to use the radar in case of

　　dense fog, rainstorm, or other bad conditions affecting visibility, the

　　vessels shall report to the Qiongzhou Strait Administrative Office

　　to explain the necessity and report their positions, speeds and

　　other information. They may use the radar only after obtaining

　　permission. In case of an emergency endangering navigational safety of

　　the vessels, they may use the radar while making the reports; and after

　　the emergency, the vessels shall make a detailed report concerning

　　the length of time for using the radar and the whole course of the

　　incident to the Qiongzhou Strait Administrative Office for the

　　record.

　　Article 11

　　Photographs, surveys or other

　　activities violating the relevant laws and regulations of the People's

　　Republic of China are forbidden when non-military vessels of

　　foreign nationality pass through the Qiongzhou Strait.

　　Article 12

　　Where non-military vessels of foreign nationality violate these Rules, the cases shall be dealt with as prescribed below:

　　(1) Those vessels that have not yet entered the administrative area

　　may be ordered not to enter but to go back by the original route and

　　navigate round the Hainan Island; or they may be ordered to go

　　through the necessary formalities for approval before passing through

　　the Strait.

　　(2) Those vessels that have entered the

　　administrative area may be ordered to stop navigation and taken to the

　　Haikou Harbour for inspection, the result of which shall determine

　　the penalty to be given. The Qiongzhou Strait Administrative Office

　　may then, depending on circumstances, allow the vessels to pass

　　through the administrative area, or order them to go back, or even

　　send them under escort out of the Strait.

　　Note:

　　[*1] On

　　April 17, 1985, upon approval of the State Council and the Central

　　Military Commission, this Article was amended as follows:

　　"Non-military vessels of foreign nationality may pass through the Strait

　　upon receiving notice of approval, but their speed may not exceed 10

　　knots when they are navigating into and within the administrative

　　area." - The Editor.