16 U.S.C. § 65 — Seizure and forfeiture of guns, traps, teams, horses, etc.

submitted 106 years ago by ch. 218 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 133 words · no verdicts yet

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Guns, traps, horses, or any other means of transportation used to illegally kill, trap, or capture wildlife in these parks are forfeited to the United States. Park officers can seize this property and hold it while the person faces prosecution, and a court can order forfeiture as an added penalty on conviction.

This section creates a forfeiture penalty tied to illegal hunting or trapping in the parks named in sections 57, 58, and 60 to 65 of this title. Any guns, traps, teams, horses, or other means of transportation of any kind, used by a person within the parks while engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing wild beasts, birds, or animals, are forfeited to the United States. Officers in the parks may seize this property, and hold it while the person is prosecuted for violating these sections. If the person is convicted, the court adjudicates the forfeiture as a penalty added on top of whatever other punishment the law prescribes. Once forfeited, the property is disposed of and accounted for under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior.

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All guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every nature or description used by any person or persons within the limits of said parks, or either of them, when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such wild beasts, birds, or animals, shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized by the officers in said parks, or either of them, and held pending prosecution of any person or persons arrested under the charge of violating the provisions of sections 57, 58, and 60 to 65 of this title, and upon conviction such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to the other punishment prescribed therein. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior.

Source credit: (June 2, 1920, ch. 218, § 6, 41 Stat. 733.)

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1920Enacted · Act of June 2, 1920, ch. 218 · 41 Stat. 733

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