[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 27CFR478.36]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND FIREARMS
 
   CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, 
                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 478_COMMERCE IN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart C_Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec.  478.36  Transfer or possession of machine guns.

    No person shall transfer or possess a machine gun except:
    (a) A transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority of, 
the United States, or any department or agency thereof, or a State, or a 
department, agency, or political subdivision thereof. (See Part 479 of 
this chapter); or
    (b) Any lawful transfer or lawful possession of a machine gun that 
was lawfully possessed before May 19, 1986 (See Part 479 of this 
chapter).

[T.D. ATF-270, 53 FR 10494, Mar. 31, 1988]