Annual edition
Pub. L. 92–535 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “shall knowingly, or with wanton disregard for the consequences of his act take” for “shall take”, increased fine and imprisonment terms from $500 or six months to $5,000 or one year, and inserted provisions that a second conviction carry a penalty of $10,000 fine or imprisonment of not more than two years, that each taking constitute a separate offense, and that informers be rewarded one-half of the fine not exceeding $2,500, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
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Pub. L. 92–535, § 1, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1064.
Oct 24, 1962 – Oct 23, 1972
Amended · full text not held
Pub. L. 87–884 extended prohibitions against the enumerated acts to the golden eagle and changed proviso by substituting “bald eagle”, “June 8, 1940” and “and that nothing in said sections shall be construed to prohibit possession or transportation of any golden eagle, alive or dead, or any part, nest, or egg thereof, lawfully taken prior to the addition to said sections of the provisions relating to preservation of the golden eagle” for “such eagle,” “the effective date of said sections” and “but the proof of such taking shall lie upon the accused in any prosecution under said sections”, respectively.
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Pub. L. 87–884, Oct. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 1246
Jun 25, 1959 – Oct 24, 1962
Amended · full text not held
Pub. L. 86–70 struck out “except the Territory of Alaska,” after “subject to the jurisdiction thereof,”.
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Pub. L. 86–70, § 14, June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 143
Jun 8, 1940 – Jun 25, 1959
Enacted · full text not held
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June 8, 1940, ch. 278, § 1, 54 Stat. 250
