16 U.S.C. § 58

§58. Laws applicable; fugitives from justice

Edition 2024

U.S.C. Title 16 - CONSERVATION
16 U.S.C.

United States Code, 2024 Edition

Title 16 - CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES

SUBCHAPTER VI - SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS

Sec. 58 - Laws applicable; fugitives from justice

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§58. Laws applicable; fugitives from justice

All the laws applicable to places under sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall have force and effect in said parks or either of them. All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said parks, or either of them, shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in the State of California.

(June 2, 1920, ch. 218, §1, 41 Stat. 731.)

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