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Code · U.S. Code · Title 16 - CONSERVATION · CHAPTER 7— PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS · SUBCHAPTER II— MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY · § 705

§ 705. Transportation or importation of migratory birds; when unlawful

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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, § 4, 40 Stat. 755; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 4, 49 Stat. 1556; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 91–135, § 10, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 282.)
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  • July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 4
  • 40 Stat. 755
  • June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 4
  • 49 Stat. 1556
  • 53 Stat. 1433
  • Pub. L. 91–135, § 10
  • 83 Stat. 282
  • Pub. L. 91–135
  • Pub. L. 91–135, § 11
  • Act June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 4
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§ 705
Transportation or importation of migratory birds; when unlawful
Stat. Comp.×1
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ActJuly 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 4
Stat.40 Stat. 755
ActJune 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 4
Stat.49 Stat. 1556
Stat.53 Stat. 1433
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