16 USC § 692a - Hunting, pursuing, capturing, etc., in Ocala National Forest unlawful

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s692a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 692a - Hunting, pursuing, capturing, etc., in Ocala National Forest unlawful"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "692a"
section_name: "Hunting, pursuing, capturing, etc., in Ocala National Forest unlawful"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 2, 46 Stat. 828; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 15, 62 Stat. 861.)"
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# § 692a. Hunting, pursuing, capturing, etc., in Ocala National Forest unlawful

section 692 of this title

When such game sanctuaries or refuges have been established as provided in , the hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or capture any game animals or birds upon the lands of the United States within the limits of such game sanctuaries or refuges shall be unlawful except under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 2, 46 Stat. 828; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 15, 62 Stat. 861.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1948—Act , struck out penal provisions (see , Crimes and Criminal Procedure), and inserted reference to rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

Section 20 of act , provided that the amendment made by that act is effective .