§ 408k. — 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: 16USC408k]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LII--ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 408k. 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 said park, nor shall any fish
be taken out of any of the waters of the said 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 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
waters 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.
(Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 150, Sec. 3, 56 Stat. 133.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act Mar. 6, 1942, which is
classified to sections 408i to 408q of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
