Violations and penalties; forfeitures

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Title 16—CONSERVATION > CHAPTER 7—PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS > SUBCHAPTER II—MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY

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Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person, association, partnership, or corporation who shall violate any provisions of said conventions or of this subchapter, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any regulation made pursuant to this subchapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $15,000 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

( July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 6 , 40 Stat. 756 ; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 2 , 49 Stat. 1556 ; Pub. L. 86–732 , Sept. 8, 1960 , 74 Stat. 866 ; Pub. L. 99–645, title V, § 501 , Nov. 10, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3590 ; Pub. L. 105–312, title I, § 103 , Oct. 30, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2956 .)

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