§41 Hunting, fishing, trapping; disturbance or injury on wildlife refuges

issued by the Secretary of the Interior or any other personage, but only to

“promulgated by authority of law”. The punishment provided by the sections consolidated varied from a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both, in section 694a of title 16, U.S.C., 1940 ed., to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both, in section 676, 685, and 688 of such title 16. The revised section adopts the punishment provisions of the other five sections. The references to “misdemeanor” in section 676, 685, 688, 689b, 692a, and 694a of title 16, U.S.C., 1940 ed., were omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “misdemeanor” in section 1 of this title, and also to conform with policy followed by codifiers of the 1909 Criminal Code, as stated in Senate Report 10, part 1, pages 12, 13, 14, Sixtieth Congress, first session, to accompany S. 2982. Words “upon conviction”, contained in section 676, 685, 688, 689b, 692a, and 694a of title 16, U.S.C., 1940 ed., were omitted as surplusage, because punishment can be imposed only after conviction. Words “in any United States court of competent jurisdiction”, in section 676, 685, and 688 of title 16, U.S.C., 1940 ed., words “in any United States court”, in section 689b, 692a, and 694a of such title 16, and words “in the discretion of the court”, in said section 676, 685, 688, and 689b, were likewise omitted as surplusage.

1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”.