16 U.S.C. § 707 — Violations and penalties; forfeitures

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person, association, partnership, or corporation who must violate any provisions of that conventions or of this subchapter, or who must violate or fail to comply with any regulation made under this subchapter will be treated as guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction of it must be fined not more than $15,000 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (b) Whoever, in violation of this subchapter, must knowingly— (1) take by any manner whatsoever any migratory bird with intent to sell, offer to sell, barter or offer to barter such bird, or (2) sell, offer for sale, barter or offer to barter, any migratory bird must be guilty of a felony and must be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (c) Whoever violates section 704(b)(2) of this title must be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. (d) All guns, traps, nets and other equipment, vessels, vehicles, and other means of transportation used by any person when engaged in pursuing, hunting, taking, trapping, ensnaring, capturing, killing, or attempting to take, capture, or kill any migratory bird in violation of this subchapter with the intent to offer for sale, or sell, or offer for barter, or barter such bird in violation of this subchapter must be forfeited to the United States and can be seized and held pending the prosecution of any person arrested for violating this subchapter and upon conviction for such violation, such forfeiture must be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to any other provided for violation of this subchapter. Such forfeited property must be disposed of and accounted for by, and under the authority of, the Secretary of the Interior.