§718e — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

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If you buy a Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp validated under section 718a, you must not lend it, give it to someone else, or let anyone else use it while it is valid. Except as allowed by clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(l)(D) of title 18, no one may alter, copy, counterfeit, or possess counterfeit stamps or the dies, plates, or engravings for them. Despite those bans and section 474 of title 18, the Secretary may, with the Secretary of the Treasury’s agreement, allow color or black-and-white reproductions.

Title 16, §718e

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(a)No person to whom has been sold a Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, validated as provided in section 718a of this title, shall loan or transfer such stamp to any person during the period of its validity; nor shall any person other than the person validating such stamp use it for any purpose during such period.

(b)Except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(l)(D) 11 So in original. Probably should be “504(1)(D)”. of title 18, no person shall alter, mutilate, imitate, or counterfeit any stamp authorized by this subchapter, or imitate or counterfeit any die, plate, or engraving therefor, or make, print, or knowingly use, sell, or have in his possession any such counterfeit, die, plate, or engraving.

(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), or the prohibition in section 474 of title 18, or other provisions of law, the Secretary may authorize, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury,

(1)the color reproduction, or

(2)the black and white reproduction,

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2006—Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(f)(1), inserted section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(f)(1), inserted heading and substituted “Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp” for “migratory-bird hunting stamp” in text. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(f)(2), inserted heading and substituted “Except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(l)(D) of title 18, no person shall alter” for “Except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(1)(D) of title 18, no person shall alter” in text. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(f)(3)(C)(ii), which directed substitution of “shall be paid, after deducting expenses for marketing, into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund” for “shall be paid into the migratory bird conservation fund” in concluding provisions, was executed by making the substitution for “shall be paid, after deducting expenses for marketing, into the migratory bird conservation fund” to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(f)(3)(A), (B), (C)(i), inserted heading, substituted “Secretary may” for “Secretary of the Interior may” in introductory provisions, and substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of the Interior” and “Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps” for “migratory bird hunting stamps” in concluding provisions. 1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–653 inserted “, after deducting expenses for marketing,” after “paid”. 1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–369, § 1077(b)(3), substituted “Except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(1)(D) of title 18, no person” for “No person”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–369, § 1077(a), added subsec. (c). 1935—Act June 15, 1935, amended section generally.

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of 1984 Amendment Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title X, § 1077(c), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1055, provided that: “The

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made by this section [amending this section and section 504 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [July 18, 1984].”

§718e Loans and transfers, alteration, and reproduction of stamps

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