Sec. 12. [[16 U.S.C. 480](/us/usc/t16/s480)]

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## Sec. 12 **[**[16 U.S.C. 480](/us/usc/t16/s480)**]** That the jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over persons upon the lands acquired under this Act shall not be affected or changed by their permanent reservation and administration as national forest lands, except so far as the punishment of offenses against the United States is concerned, the intent and meaning of this section being that the State wherein such land is situated shall not, by reason of such reservation and administration, 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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U.S. Code

Civil and criminal jurisdiction
§ 480

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Sec. 12

**[**[16 U.S.C. 480](/us/usc/t16/s480)**]**

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Sec. 12. **[**[16 U.S.C. 480](/us/usc/t16/s480)**]**

Sec. 12. [[16 U.S.C. 480](/us/usc/t16/s480)]