Weeks Law in the United States
Weeks Law
16 U.S.C. § 480 : US Code – Section 480: Civil and criminal jurisdiction
This description of the Weeks Law tracks the language of the U.S. Code, except that, sometimes, we use plain English and that we may refer to the “Act” (meaning Weeks Law) rather than to the “subchapter” or the “title” of the United States Code.
U.S. Code Citation
U.S. Code Section and Head
- United States Code – Section 480
- Head of the Section:
Civil and criminal jurisdiction
Text of the Section
The jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over persons within national forests shall not be affected or changed by reason of their existence, except so far as the punishment of offenses against the United States therein is concerned; the intent and meaning of this provision being that the State wherein any such national forest is situated shall not, by reason of the establishment thereof, lose its jurisdiction, nor the inhabitants thereof their rights and privileges as citizens, or be absolved from their duties as citizens of the State.
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