62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 § 42. IMPORTATION OF INJURIOUS ANIMALS AND BIRDS; PERMITS; SPECIMENS FOR MUSEUMS (a) The importation into the United States of the mongoose, the so-called "flying foxes" or fruit bats, the English sparrow, the starling, and such other birds and animals as the Secretary of the Interior may declare to be injurious to the interests of agriculture or horticulture, is prohibited; and all such birds and animals shall, upon arrival at any port of the United States, be destroyed or returned at the expense of the owner. No person shall import into the United States any foreign wild animal or bird, except under special permit from the Secretary of the Interior. This section shall not restrict the importation of natural-history specimens for museums or scientific collections, or of certain cage birds, such as domesticated canaries, parrots, or such other birds as the Secre- tary of the Interior may designate. The Secretary of the Treasury may issue regulations to effectuate this section. (b) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. § 43. TRANSPORTATION OR IMPORTATION IN VIOLATION OF STATE , NATIONAL, OR FOREIGN LAWS Whoever delivers or knowingly receives for shipment, transporta- tion, or carriage in interstate or foreign commerce, any wild animal or bird, or the dead body or part thereof, or the egg of any such bird imported from any foreign country, or captured, killed, taken, pur- chased, sold, or possessed contrary to any Act of Congress, or the law of any State, Territory, Possession, or foreign country, or subdivision thereof; or Whoever transports, brings, or conveys from any foreign country into the United States any wild animal or bird, or the dead body or part thereof, or the egg of any such bird captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, or carried contrary to the law of such foreign country or subdivision thereof; or Whoever knowingly purchases or receives any wild animal or bird, or the dead body or part thereof, or the egg of any such bird imported from any foreign counltry or shipped, transported, carried, brought. or conveyed in violation of this sect ion; or Whoever, having purchased or received any wild animal or bird. or the dead body or part thereof, or the egg of any such bird imported from any foreign country or shipped, transported, or carried in inter- state commerce, makes any false record or account thereof; or Whoever imports from or exports to Mexico any game mammal. dead or alive, or parts or products thereof, except under permit or authorization of the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with regulations issued by him and approved by the President- Shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and the wild animals or birds, or the dead bodies or parts thereof, or the eggs of such birds, shall be forfeited. § 44. MARKING PACKAGES OR CONTAINERS Whoever ships, transports, carries, brings or conveys in interstate or foreign commerce any package containing wild animals or birds, or the dead bodies or parts thereof, without plainly marking, labeling, or tagging such package with the names and addresses of the shipper and consignee and with an accurate statement showing the contents by number and kind; or 687 Natural-history specimens, cage birds, etc.
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