§ 256b. — Hunting and fishing; general rules and regulations; protection of property; violation of statutes or rules; penalties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC256b]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXVII--OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 256b. Hunting and fishing; general rules and regulations;
protection of property; violation of statutes or rules;
penalties
All hunting or the killing, wounding, or capturing at any time of
any wild bird or animal, except dangerous animals when it is necessary
to prevent them from destroying human lives or inflicting personal
injury, is prohibited within the limits of the park, nor shall any fish
be taken out of any of the waters of the park, except at such seasons
and at such times and in such manner as may be directed by the Secretary
of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish
such general rules and regulations as he may deem necessary and proper
for the management and care of the park and for the protection of the
property therein, especially for the preservation from injury or
spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or
wonderful objects within the park, and for the protection of the animals
and birds in the park from capture or destruction, and to prevent their
being frightened or driven from the park; and he shall make rules and
regulations governing the taking of fish from the waters in the park.
Possession within the park of the dead bodies or any part thereof of any
wild bird or animal shall be prima facie evidence that the person or
persons having the same are guilty of violating this Act. Any person or
persons, stage or express company, railway or other transportation
company, who knows or has reason to believe that such wild birds, fish,
or animals were taken or killed contrary to the provisions of this Act
or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the
Interior, and who receives for transportation the dead bodies or any
part thereof of the wild birds, fish, or animals so taken or killed, or
who shall violate any of the other provisions of this Act, or the rules
and regulations, with reference to the management and care of the park,
or for the protection of the property therein, for the preservation from
injury or spoliation of timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities,
or wonderful objects within the park, or for the protection of the
animals, birds, and fish in the park, or who shall within the park
commit any damage, injury, or spoliation to or upon any building, fence,
sign, hedge, gate, guidepost, tree, wood, underwood, timber, garden,
crops, vegetables, plants, land, springs, mineral deposits, natural
curiosities, or other matter or thing growing or being thereon, or
situated therein, shall be deemed guilty of a class B misdemeanor in
accordance with provisions of title 18.
(Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, Sec. 3, 56 Stat. 136; Pub. L. 100-668, title I,
Sec. 104(a), Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3962.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act Mar. 6, 1942, which is
classified to sections 256 to 256i of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1988--Pub. L. 100-668 substituted ``a class B misdemeanor in
accordance with provisions of title 18'' for ``a misdemeanor and shall
be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding
six months, or both, and be adjudged to pay all the costs of the
proceedings''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 256c, 256i of this title.
