---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 10.1"
title: "50"
number: "10.1"
heading: "Purpose of regulations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/10.1"
---

# §10.1. Purpose of regulations.


The regulations of this Subchapter B are promulgated to implement the following statutes enforced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which regulate the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation, and importation of wildlife:


## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 22015, Aug. 15, 1973, as amended at 53 FR 6649, Mar. 2, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 668a-d, 703-712, 742a-j-l, 1361-1384, 1401-1407, 1531-1543, 3371-3378; 18 U.S.C. 42; 19 U.S.C. 1202.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 22015, Aug. 15, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[38 FR 22015, Aug. 15, 1973, as amended at 53 FR 6649, Mar. 2, 1988]