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Explanation.

Table of Contents

Title 27:

Chapter I-Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Departm of the Treasury

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Cite this Code CFR

thus: 27 CFR 1.1

Explanation

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ISSUE DATES

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Title 1 through Title 16-

Title 17 through Title 27.
Title 28 through Title 41.

Title 42 through Title 50.

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-as of Oct.

Users of the Code should consult the cover of each volume to dete revision date.

LEGAL STATUS

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GENERAL INDEX

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ADDITIONAL FINDING AIDS

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Designation

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thorities and Rules.

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Documents.

Table III-Guide to Federal Register Find-
ing Aids.

Table IV-List of Acts Reguiring Publication in the Federal Register.

Nature

Table of U.S.C. citations with related CFR citations.

Table of Proclamations and Executive orders included or cited in CFR.

Table of Finding Aids and location in Federal Register Publications.

Table of Acts with Statutory and U.S.C citations.

This volume also contains a table of CFR titles, chapters, and parts, an alphabetical list of CFR subtitles and chapters, and lists of current and superseded CFR volumes.

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May 1, 1975.

FRED J. EMERY

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