§ 198d. Forfeiture of property used in commission of offenses

Statutory text

All guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every nature or description used by any person or persons within said park limits when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such wild beasts, birds, or animals shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized by the officers in said park and held pending the prosecution of any person or persons arrested under charge of violating the provisions of this Act, and upon conviction under this Act of such person or persons using said guns, traps, teams, horses, or other means of transportation, such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to the other punishment provided in this Act. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1929
Pub. L. 70–583 § 5 · 45 Stat. 590
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 198d
(Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 583, § 5, 45 Stat. 1538.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 583, § 5, 45 Stat. 1538.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act Mar. 2, 1929, which is classified to sections 198 to 198j of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Credits

(Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 583, § 5, 45 Stat. 1538.)