16 U.S.C. § 408l — Forfeiture of property used in hunting, fishing, etc.

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This law lets park officers seize hunting and fishing gear used to break Isle Royale's wildlife rules. Officers can hold that property while charges are pending. If the person is convicted, the property is permanently forfeited as an extra penalty.

Guns, traps, nets, seines, fishing tackle, teams, horses, and any other means of transportation used to illegally kill, trap, snare, take, or capture wild birds, fish, or animals in the park — in violation of this law or the Secretary's rules — are forfeited to the United States. Park officers may seize this property and hold it while the person is being prosecuted. If that person is convicted, the forfeiture becomes an additional penalty, on top of whatever other punishment applies. The Secretary of the Interior controls how forfeited property is disposed of and accounted for. But whether teams, horses, or other transportation gets forfeited is left to the court's discretion.

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All guns, traps, nets, seines, fishing tackle, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every nature or description used by any person or persons within the limits of said park when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, taking, or capturing such wild birds, fish, or animals contrary to the provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized by the officers in said park and held pending prosecution of any person or persons arrested under the charge of violating the provisions of this Act, and upon conviction under this Act of such person or persons using said guns, traps, nets, seines, fishing tackle, teams, horses, or other means of transportation, such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to the other punishment prescribed in this Act. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the forfeiture of teams, horses, or other means of transportation shall be in the discretion of the court.

Source credit: (Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 150, § 4, 56 Stat. 134.)

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1942Enacted · Act of Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 150 · 56 Stat. 134

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