--- kind: "range" citation: "16 U.S.C. §§ 690d–690i" title: "16" from: "690d" to: "690i" count: 6 release: "119-102" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/690d..690i" --- # §690d. Injuries to property on Bear River Refuge; disturbance of birds, etc.; violation of regulations for use of refuge No [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) shall take, injure, or disturb any bird, or nest or egg thereof, or injure or destroy any notice, signboard, fence, dike, ditch, dam, spillway, improvement, or other property of the United States on any [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) acquired or received under [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title, or remove therefrom or cut, burn, injure, or destroy any grass or other natural growth thereon, or enter, use, or occupy the refuge for any purpose, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior: Provided, That at no time shall less than 60 per centum of the total acreage of the said refuge be maintained as an inviolate sanctuary for such migratory birds. # §690e. Enforcement of laws and regulations; warrants and processes; jurisdiction of courts; forfeiture of property captured, injured, killed or removed - (a) **Arrests and warrants—** Any employee of the Department of the Interior authorized by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior to enforce the provisions of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title (1) shall have power, without warrant, to arrest any [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) committing in the presence of such employee a [violation](/usc/16/620e.md?p=11) of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, and to take such [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) immediately for examination or trial before an officer or court of competent jurisdiction, and (2) shall have power to execute any warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of said sections or regulations made pursuant thereto. Any judge of a court established under the laws of the United States, or any United States magistrate judge may, within his respective jurisdiction, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases. - (b) **Seizures and forfeitures—** All birds or animals, or parts thereof, captured, injured, or killed, and all grass and other natural growths, and nests and eggs of birds removed contrary to the provisions of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title or any regulation made pursuant thereto, shall, when found by such employee or by any marshal or deputy marshal, be summarily seized by him, and upon conviction of the offender or upon judgment of a court of the United States that the same were captured, killed, taken, or removed contrary to the provisions of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, shall be forfeited to the United States and disposed of as directed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, in accordance with law. # §690f. Expenditures by Secretary of the Interior for construction, maintenance, etc., of Bear River Refuge; employment of necessary means to execute functions imposed on him The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized to make such expenditures for construction, equipment, maintenance, repairs, and improvements, including necessary investigations, and expenditures for personal services and office expenses at the seat of government and elsewhere, and to employ such means as may be necessary to execute the functions imposed upon him by this section or [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title and as may be provided for by Congress from time to time. # §690g. Violation of laws and regulations; penalties Any [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of, or any regulation made pursuant to [sections 690d to 690i](/usc/16/690d..690i.md) of this title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. # §690h. “Person” defined As used in [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title the term “[person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b)” includes an individual, [partnership](/usc/16/8202.md?p=7), association, or corporation. # [§690i. Omitted — omitted]