Section 5. Violations.
It shall be unlawful for any person, without the expressed written permission of the land owner, to:
(1) Willfully or knowingly break, break off, crack,
carve upon, write, burn, mark upon, remove or in any manner
destroy, disturb, mar or harm the surfaces of any cave or any
natural material which may be found therein, whether attached
or broken, including speleothems, speleogens and sedimentary
deposits.
(2) Break, force, tamper with or otherwise disturb a
lock, gate, door or other obstruction designed to control or
prevent access to any cave, even though entrance thereto may
not be gained.
(3) Remove, deface or tamper with a sign stating that a
cave is posted or citing provisions of this act.
(4) Store, dump, litter, dispose of or otherwise place
any refuse, garbage, dead animal, sewage or toxic substance
harmful to cave life or humans in any cave or sinkhole.
(5) Burn within any cave or sinkhole any material which
produces any smoke or gas which is harmful to any organism in
the cave. This paragraph shall specifically exempt acetylene
gas emissions created by carbide lamps used as a source of
light by persons using the cave.
(6) Kill, injure, disturb or otherwise interfere with
any cave life, including any cave-roosting bat, or interfere
with or obstruct the free movement of any cave life into or
out of any cave, or enter any cave with the intention of
killing, injuring, disturbing or interfering with life forms
therein, except where public health may be threatened.
(7) Remove, deface, tamper with or otherwise disturb any
natural or cultural resources or material found within any
cave.
(8) Disturb or alter in any way the natural condition of
any cave.