204 The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka National Transport This would include – (a) (b) Railways; Highways declared by or under law made by Parliament to be national highways; and (c) Carriage of passengers and goods by railway, land, sea or air or by national waterways in mechanically propelled vessels. Rivers and Waterways; Shipping and Navigation; Maritime zones including Historical Waters, Territorial Waters, exclusive Economic zone and Continental Shelf and Internal Waters; State Lands and Foreshore, Except to the Extent Specified in Item 18 of List I. This would include – (a) Piracies and crimes committed on the high seas or in the air; offences against the law of nations committed on land or the high seas or in the air; (b) Shipping and navigation on inland waterways, declared by Parliament by law to be national waterways, as regards mechanically propelled vessels; the rule of the road on such waterways; (c) Maritime shipping and navigation, including shipping and navigation on tidal waters; provision of education and training for the mercantile marine and regulation of such education and training provided by Provinces and other agencies; (d) Lighthouses, including lightships, beacons and other provision for the safety of shipping and aircraft; (e) Regulation and development of inter province rivers; and river valleys to the extent to which such regulation and development under the control of the Government of Sri Lanka is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest; (f) Fishing and fisheries beyond territorial waters; and (g) Property of the Government of Sri Lanka and the revenue therefrom, but as regards property situated in a province, subject to statutes made by the Province save in so far as Parliament by law otherwise provides. Minerals and Mines This would include – (a) Regulation and development of oil fields and mineral oil resources; petroleum and petroleum products; other liquids and substances declared by Parliament by law to be dangerously inflammable; and

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