§ 705. — Transportation or importation of migratory birds; when unlawful.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC705]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 7--PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS
SUBCHAPTER II--MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY
Sec. 705. Transportation or importation of migratory birds; when
unlawful
It shall be unlawful to ship, transport, or carry, by any means
whatever, from one State, Territory, or district to or through another
State, Territory, or district, or to or through a foreign country, any
bird, or any part, nest, or egg thereof, captured, killed, taken,
shipped, transported, or carried at any time contrary to the laws of the
State, Territory, or district in which it was captured, killed, or
taken, or from which it was shipped, transported, or carried. It shall
be unlawful to import any bird, or any part, nest, or egg thereof,
captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, or carried contrary to
the laws of any Province of the Dominion of Canada in which the same was
captured, killed, or taken, or from which it was shipped, transported,
or carried.
(July 3, 1918, ch. 128, Sec. 4, 40 Stat. 755; June 20, 1936, ch. 634,
Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 1556; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1,
1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 91-135, Sec. 10, Dec. 5, 1969,
83 Stat. 282.)
Amendments
1969--Pub. L. 91-135 repealed second par., which prohibited shipment
of wild game mammals or parts thereof by any person of the United States
to and from Mexico, except by permit from the Secretary of the Interior.
1936--Act June 20, 1936, inserted last sentence.
Effective Date of 1969 Amendment
Section 11 of Pub. L. 91-135 provided that: ``The provisions of
sections 1 through 10 of this Act [enacting sections 668cc-1 to 668cc-6
of this title and amending this section, sections 851, 852, 852a, and
852d of this title, and sections 43, 44, 3054, and 3112 of Title 18,
Crimes and Criminal Procedure] shall be effective one hundred and eighty
days after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 5, 1969].''
Effective Date of 1936 Amendment
Section effective June 30, 1937, see section 1 of act June 20, 1936,
set out as a note under section 703 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of
the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 701 of this title.
