Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 683


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 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.



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