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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 45e. Violations of park regulations; penalty

Statutory text

Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation that may be promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior with reference to the management and care of the park, or for the protection of the property therein, for the preservation from injury or spoliation of timber, natural curiosities, or other objects within said park, or for the protection of the animals, birds, and fish in said park, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subjected to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 69–744 § 5 · 44 Stat. 818

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 45e

    (July 3, 1926, ch. 744, § 5, 44 Stat. 820.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (July 3, 1926, ch. 744, § 5, 44 Stat. 820.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. That any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation that may be promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior with reference to the management and care of the park, or for tire protection of the property therein, for the preservation from injury or spoliation of timber, natural curiosities, or other objects within said park or for the protection of the animals, birds, and fish in said park, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subjected to a line of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act , which is classified to sections 45a, 45b to 45e, and 688 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Credits

(July 3, 1926, ch. 744, § 5, 44 Stat. 820.)

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