50 CFR § 27.43 - Weapons other than firearms.

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title: "50 CFR § 27.43 - Weapons other than firearms."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "27.43"
section_name: "Weapons other than firearms."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"
part_number: "27"
part_name: "PROHIBITED ACTS"
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regulatory_source: "41 FR 9168, Mar. 3, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
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# 27.43 Weapons other than firearms.

The use or possession of cross bows, bows and arrows, air guns, spears, gigs, or other weapons on national wildlife refuges is prohibited except as may be authorized under the provision of this subchapter C.

[46 FR 47230, Sept. 25, 1981]