16 U.S.C. § 395 — Exclusive jurisdiction in United States; exceptions; laws applicable; fugitives from justice
submitted 96 years ago by ch. 200 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 150 words · no verdicts yet
This law gives the United States exclusive legal control over Hawaii National Park's territory. Hawaii still keeps limited rights to serve legal process and to tax people and property there. Federal law that applies to areas under exclusive U.S. jurisdiction also applies inside the park.
The United States has sole and exclusive jurisdiction — full legal control — over the land that is now, or later becomes, part of Hawaii National Park in the Territory of Hawaii.
There are two things the Territory of Hawaii keeps: first, the right to serve civil or criminal legal process inside the park for lawsuits or prosecutions connected to rights gained, obligations owed, or crimes committed outside the park; and second, the right to tax people and corporations, and their businesses and property, on the land inside the park.
All the laws that normally apply to places under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States also apply inside this park. Any fugitive from justice who takes refuge in the park is subject to the same laws as a fugitive found anywhere else in the Territory of Hawaii.
Sole and exclusive jurisdiction shall be exercised by the United States over the territory which is now or may hereafter be included in the Hawaii National Park in the Territory of Hawaii, saving, however, to the Territory of Hawaii the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed outside of said park, and saving further to the Territory of Hawaii the right to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and property on the lands included in said park. All the laws applicable to places under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall have force and effect in said park. All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said park shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in the Territory of Hawaii.
Source credit: (Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 200, § 1, 46 Stat. 227.)
- 1930Enacted · Act of Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 200 · 46 Stat. 227
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 200 on 1930-04-19.
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