§395d — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Park officers can take any guns, traps, teams, horses, or other transport used inside the park to kill, trap, or capture wild animals. Those items become United States property and can be kept while the person is prosecuted. If the person is convicted, the items are taken away as an extra punishment. The Secretary of the Interior decides how to handle and record the seized property.

Title 16, §395d

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All guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every nature or description used by any person or persons within said park limits when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such wild beasts, birds, or animals shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized by the officers in said park and held pending the prosecution of any person or persons arrested under charge of violating the provisions of this Act, and upon conviction under this Act of such person or persons using said guns, traps, teams, horses, or other means of transportation, such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to the other punishment provided in this Act. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act Apr. 19, 1930, which is classified to section 395 to 395j of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National ParkDesignation of portion of Hawaii National Park situated on island of Hawaii as Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, effective Sept. 22, 1961, see section 391d of this title. Haleakala̅ National ParkEstablishment of detached portion of Hawaii National Park lying on island of Maui as Haleakala̅ National Park, effective July 1, 1961, see section 396b of this title.

§395d Forfeiture of property used for unlawful purposes