Article 48 Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
Second Title · Chapter II. On the Integral Parts of the Federation and the National Territory
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 2 June 2026
The islands, the cays and reefs of the adjacent seas that belong to the national territory, the continental shelf, the submarine shelves of the islands, of the cays and reefs, the territorial seas, the interior maritime waters and the space located above the national territory, shall depend directly on the Government of the Federation, with the exception of those islands over which the States have until this date exercised jurisdiction.