US Public Law 238 extended the Internal Revenue Code's narcotics provisions, including the marijuana transfer-tax and registration scheme, to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Palau was then part of the Trust Territory, so the US registration regime applied.[1]
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References
- US Public Law 238 (8 August 1953), 67 Stat. 500Extension of narcotics provisions to the Trust Territory.
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