§ 404c-4. — Forfeiture of property used in commission of offenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC404c-4]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLVII--MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 404c-4. Forfeiture of property used in commission of
offenses
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 the 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 the
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.
(June 5, 1942, ch. 341, Sec. 4, 56 Stat. 318.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act June 5, 1942, which is
classified to sections 404c-1 to 404c-12 of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 404c-10 of this title.
