§ 1863. — Trespass on national forest lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1863]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 91--PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 1863. Trespass on national forest lands
Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, goes upon any
national-forest land while it is closed to the public pursuant to lawful
regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 43, 63 Stat. 95; amended Pub. L. 103-
322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision Notes
This section [section 43] incorporates in revised title 18, U.S.C.,
as section 1863 thereof, and with changes in phraseology, the provisions
of act of February 10, 1948 (ch. 51, 62 Stat. 19), which was not
incorporated in title 18 when the revision was enacted. The phrase
``without hard labor'' is omitted from the punishment clause as
unnecessary, in conformity with the uniform style of such title. (See
reviser's note to sec. 1 of such revised title, appearing in H. Rept.
No. 304, April 24, 1947, to accompany H.R. 3190, 80th Cong. (pp. A2, A4
of such report).) The concluding proviso that ``nothing herein shall be
construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under
other law to otherwise provide for regulating the occupancy and use of
national-forest lands and lands administered by the Forest Service'', is
omitted as surplusage.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $500''.
