§ 683. — Areas set aside for protection of game and fish; unlawfully taking game or fish.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC683]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 683. Areas set aside for protection of game and fish;
unlawfully taking game or fish
The President of the United States is authorized to designate such
areas on any lands which have been, or which may hereafter be, purchased
by the United States under the provisions of the Act of March first,
nineteen hundred and eleven, and Acts supplementary thereto and
amendatory thereof, as should, in his opinion, be set aside for the
protection of game animals, birds, or fish; and, except under such rules
and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time
prescribe, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, catch, trap,
willfully disturb or kill any kind of game animal, game or nongame bird,
or fish, or take the eggs of any such bird on any lands so set aside, or
in or on the waters thereof.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 476; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 10,
62 Stat. 860.)
References in Text
Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, referred to in
text, was in the original ``Act of March first, nineteen hundred and
eleven (Thirty-six Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and sixty-one),
entitled `An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State
or States, or with the United States, for the protection of watersheds
of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of
lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable
streams' '', which is popularly known as the Weeks Law, and is
classified to sections 480, 500, 513 to 519, 521, 552, and 553 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1948--Act June 25, 1948, struck out penal provisions (see section 41
of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure), and inserted provision
relating to the unlawfulness in hunting, catching, etc. game animals,
etc. under rules and regulations of Secretary of Agriculture.
Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Section 20 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the amendment made by
that act is effective Sept. 1, 1948.
Presidential Designation
The following areas have been designated by the President:
Big Levels Game Refuge. Proclamation of July 6, 1935 (49 Stat.
3448).
Cherokee National Game Refuges. Proclamation of Aug. 5, 1924 (43
Stat. 1964), and Oct. 22, 1934 (49 Stat. 3423).
National Catahoula Wildlife Management Preserve. Proclamation of
Sept. 27, 1941 (55 Stat. 1689).
National Red Dirt Wildlife Management Preserve. Proclamation of
Sept. 27, 1941 (55 Stat. 1688).
Noontootly National Game Refuge. Proclamation of July 6, 1938
(52 Stat. 1549).
Pisgah National Game Preserve. Proclamation of Oct. 17, 1916 (39
Stat. 1811).
