[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR935.20]

[Page 227]
 
                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 935_WAKE ISLAND CODE--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart C_Civil Law
 
Sec. 935.20  Applicable law.


    Civil acts and deeds taking place on Wake Island shall be determined 
and adjudicated as provided in this part; and otherwise, as provided in 
the Act of June 15, 1950 (64 Stat. 217) (48 U.S.C. 644a), according to 
the laws of the United States relating to such an act or deed taking 
place on the high seas on board a merchant vessel or other vessel 
belonging to the United States.