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.
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. 400Enacted 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
- 1934Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 54, § 2, 48 Stat. 400
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 16, 62 Stat. 861.
Show as published
(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 54, § 2, 48 Stat. 400; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 16, 62 Stat. 861.)