§ 403h-3. — Hunting, fishing, etc.; rules and regulations; protection of property; penalties for violating laws and rules.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC403h-3]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLVI--SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 403h-3. Hunting, fishing, etc.; rules and regulations;
protection of property; penalties for violating laws and rules
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 said park, nor shall any fish
be taken out of any of the waters of the said park, in any other way
than by hook and line, and then only 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 said
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 said park; and he shall make rules and regulations governing
the taking of fish from the streams or lakes in the said park.
Possession within said 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 said
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 said park, or for the
protection of the animals, birds, and fish in said park, or who shall
within said 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 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.
(Apr. 29, 1942, ch. 264, Sec. 3, 56 Stat. 259.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act Apr. 29, 1942, which is
classified to sections 403h-1 to 403h-10 of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
