Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection
§ 692a. Hunting, pursuing, capturing, etc., in Ocala National Forest unlawful
Statutory text
When such game sanctuaries or refuges have been established as provided in section 692 of this title, the hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or capture any game animals or birds upon the lands of the United States within the limits of such game sanctuaries or refuges shall be unlawful except under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time prescribe.
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. 71–709 § 2 · 46 Stat. 827
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 692a
June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 2, 46 Stat. 828
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 2, 46 Stat. 828Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. That when such game sanctuaries or refuges have been established as provided in section 1 hereof, the hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or capture any game animals or birds upon the lands of the United States within the Penalties. limits of such game sanctuaries or refuges, except as herein provided, shall be unlawful, and any person violating any of the provisions of this Act, or any of the rules and regulations made thereunder, 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 imprisonment not more than six months, or both.
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), and inserted reference to rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture.
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
1930–1948 · 2 acts
- 1930June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 2, 46 Stat. 828
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 15, 62 Stat. 861.
Show as published
(June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 2, 46 Stat. 828; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 15, 62 Stat. 861.)