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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection

§ 694a. Hunting, pursuing, capturing, etc., in sanctuaries in national forests unlawful

Statutory text

When such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges have been established as provided in section 694 of this title, hunting, pursuing, poisoning, angling for, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, angle for, kill, or capture any wild animals or fish for any purpose whatever upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said fish and game sanctuaries or refuges 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.

  1. Pub. L. 73–54 § 2 · 48 Stat. 400

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 694a

    Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 54, § 2, 48 Stat. 400

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 54, § 2, 48 Stat. 400

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. That when such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges have been established as provided in section 1 of this Act, hunting, pursuing, poisoning, angling for, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means or attempting to hunt, pursue, angle for, kill, or capture any wild animals or fish for any purpose whatever upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said fish and game sanctuaries or refuges shall be unlawful except as hereinafter Exception. provided, and any person violating any provision of this Act 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 Punishment for. in any United States court be fined in a sum of not exceeding $100 or imprisonment not exceeding 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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

Section 10 of act , provided that the amendment made by that act is effective .

Credits

1934–1948 · 2 acts
  1. 1934Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 54, § 2, 48 Stat. 400
  2. 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 16, 62 Stat. 861.
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(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 54, § 2, 48 Stat. 400; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 16, 62 Stat. 861.)

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