§ 430q. — 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: 16USC430q]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 430q. Offenses
If any person shall, except by permission of the Secretary of the
Interior, destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any monument,
column, statue, memorial structure, or work of art that shall be erected
or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall
destroy or remove any fence, railing, enclosure, or other work for the
protection or ornament of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall
destroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree,
bush, or shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down
or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree or trees growing or
being upon said park, or hunt within the limits of the park, or shall
remove or destroy any breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses
or shelter or any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly
engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any
person so offending and found guilty thereof, before any United States
magistrate judge or court, of the jurisdiction in which the offense may
be committed, shall for each and every such offense forfeit and pay a
fine, in the discretion of the United States magistrate judge or court,
according to the aggravation of the offense.
(June 21, 1934, ch. 694, Sec. 8, 48 Stat. 1200; Pub. L. 90-578, title
IV, Sec. 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 94-578, title
III, Sec. 319(8), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2739; Pub. L. 101-650, title
III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)
Amendments
1976--Pub. L. 94-578 struck out provisions which limited fines to
not less than $5 nor more than $500.
Change of Name
``United States magistrate judge'' substituted for ``United States
magistrate'' wherever appearing in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub.
L. 101-650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary
and Judicial Procedure. Previously, ``United States magistrate''
substituted for ``United States commissioner'' pursuant to Pub. L. 90-
578. See chapter 43 (Sec. 631 et seq.) of Title 28.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 430l, 430o, 430s of this
title.
