Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection
§ 689b. Hunting, pursuing, capturing in Tahquitz National Game Preserve unlawful
Statutory text
On lands within the game preserve established in section 689a of this title, hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or capture any wild animals or birds for any purpose whatever upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said game preserve shall be unlawful except as hereinafter provided.
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.
Pub. L. 69–776 § 3 · 44 Stat. 889
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 689b
July 3, 1926, ch. 776, § 3, 44 Stat. 889
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 3, 1926, ch. 776, § 3, 44 Stat. 889Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. On lands within the game preserve established in section Unauthorized hunting, etc., on game preserve, a misdemeanor. 2 of this Act, hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or capture any wild animals or birds for any purpose whatever upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said game preserve shall be unlawful except as hereinafter provided, and any person violating any provision of this section Punishment for. or any of the rules and regulations made under the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction in any United States court, be fined in a sum not exceeding $500, or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months, or shall suffer both the fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1948—Act , struck out penal provisions. See section 41 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Section 20 of act , provided that the amendment made by that act is effective .
Credits
1926–1948 · 2 acts
- 1926July 3, 1926, ch. 776, § 3, 44 Stat. 889
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 14, 62 Stat. 861.
Show as published
(July 3, 1926, ch. 776, § 3, 44 Stat. 889; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 14, 62 Stat. 861.)