16 U.S.C. § 708 — State or Territorial laws or regulations

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State or Territorial laws or regulations. This section sets out the rules, duties, permissions, limits, and exceptions described in the text.

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prevent the several States and Territories from making or enforcing laws or regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of said conventions or of this subchapter, or from making or enforcing laws or regulations which shall give further protection to migratory birds, their nests, and eggs, if such laws or regulations do not extend the open seasons for such birds beyond the dates approved by the President in accordance with section 704 of this title .

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Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prevent the several States and Territories from making or enforcing laws or regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of said conventions or of this subchapter, or from making or enforcing laws or regulations which shall give further protection to migratory birds, their nests, and eggs, if such laws or regulations do not extend the open seasons for such birds beyond the dates approved by the President in accordance with section 704 of this title.

Source credit: (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 7, 40 Stat. 756; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 2, 49 Stat. 1556.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1918Enacted · Act of July 3, 1918, ch. 128 · 40 Stat. 756
1936Amended · Act of June 20, 1936, ch. 634 · 49 Stat. 1556

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 128 on 1918-07-03.