Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§692a Hunting, Pursuing, Capturing, Etc., in Ocala National Forest Unlawful
Title 16 › Chapter 6— GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 692a
Summary
When a game sanctuary or refuge is set up on federal land, it is illegal to hunt, chase, poison, kill, trap, net, or try to take any game animals or birds there by any method. The only exception is if the Secretary of Agriculture makes rules that allow certain taking.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §692a
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When such game sanctuaries or refuges have been established as provided in section 692 of this title, the hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or capture any game animals or birds upon the lands of the United States within the limits of such game sanctuaries or refuges shall be unlawful except under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time prescribe.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1948—Act June 25, 1948, struck out penal provisions (see section 41 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure), and inserted reference to
Rules and Regulations
of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1948 Amendment section 20 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the amendment made by that act is effective Sept. 1, 1948.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 692a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60