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Code · U.S. Code · Title 16 - CONSERVATION · CHAPTER 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES · SUBCHAPTER LX— NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS · § 430q

§ 430q. Offenses

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If any person shall, except by permission of the Secretary of the Interior, destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any monument, column, statue, memorial structure, or work of art that shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall destroy or remove any fence, railing, enclosure, or other work for the protection or ornament of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree or trees growing or being upon said park, or hunt within the limits of the park, or shall remove or destroy any breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or shelter or any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any person so offending and found guilty thereof, before any United States magistrate judge or court, of the jurisdiction in which the offense may be committed, shall for each and every such offense forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the United States magistrate judge or court, according to the aggravation of the offense.
(June 21, 1934, ch. 694, § 8, 48 Stat. 1200; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 319(8), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2739; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)
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  • June 21, 1934, ch. 694, § 8
  • 48 Stat. 1200
  • Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2)
  • 82 Stat. 1118
  • Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 319(8)
  • 90 Stat. 2739
  • Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321
  • 104 Stat. 5117
  • Pub. L. 94–578
  • section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650
  • Pub. L. 90–578
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§ 430q
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ActJune 21, 1934, ch. 694, § 8
Stat.48 Stat. 1200
Pub. L.Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2)
Stat.82 Stat. 1118
Pub. L.Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 319(8)
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