50 CFR § 38.6 - General.

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title: "50 CFR § 38.6 - General."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "38.6"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"
part_number: "38"
part_name: "MIDWAY ATOLL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k  664, 668dd, 742(f), 3901  48 U.S.C. 644a; sec. 48, Pub. L. 86-624, 74 Stat 424; E.O. 13022, 61 FR 56875, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 224."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 11626, Mar. 10, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
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# 38.6 General.

In addition to any act prohibited by this part or 50 CFR part 27, any act committed on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge that would be a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of the State of Hawaii as specified in subpart A of this part, as they now appear or as they may be amended or recodified; or any act committed on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge that would be criminal if committed on board a merchant vessel or other vessel belonging to the United States pursuant to the provisions of 48 U.S.C. 644a, is prohibited and punishable, in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, 16 U.S.C. 668dd, the criminal laws of the United States or the State of Hawaii as specified in subpart A of this part, as they now appear or as they may be amended or recodified; or according to the laws applicable on board United States vessels on the high seas pursuant to the provisions of 48 U.S.C. 644a.