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[88 STAT. 1373]
PUBLIC LAW 93-000—MMMM. DD, 1975
[88 STAT. 1373]

88 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 93-452-OCT. 18, 1974

1373

"(2) Any person who knowingly violates or fails to comply with Penalties. any regulations prescribed under section 202(c)(5) of this title shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. " (b)(1) For the purpose of enforcing subsection (a) of this section, Enforcement. the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may designate any employee of their respective departments, and any State officer or employee authorized under a cooperative agreement to enforce such subsection (a), to (i) carry firearms; (ii) execute and serve any warrant or other process issued by a court or officer of competent jurisdiction; (iii) make arrests without warrant or process for a misdemeanor he has reasonable grounds to believe is being committed in his presence or view; (iv) search without warrant or process any person, place, or conveyance as provided by law; and (v) seize without warrant or process any evidentiary item as provided by law. "(2) Upon the sworn information by a competent person, any United States magistrate or court of competent jurisdiction may issue process for the arrest of any person charged with committing any offense under subsection (a) of this section. "(3) Any person charged with committing any offense under subsection (a) of this section may be tried and sentenced by any United States magistrate designated for that purpose by the court by which he was appointed, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as provided for in section 3401 of title 18, United States Code. "(c) All guns, traps, nets, and other equipment, vessels, vehicles, and Equipment and other means of transportation used by any person when engaged in vessels, seizure. committing an offense under subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States and may be seized and held pending the prosecution of any person arrested for committing such offense. Upon conviction for such offense, such forfeiture may be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to any other provided for committing such offense. " (d) All provisions of law relating to the seizure, forfeiture, and condemnation of a vessel for violation of the customs laws, the disposition of such vessel or the proceeds from the sale thereof, and the remission or mitigation of such forfeitures, shall apply to the seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under the provisions of this section, insofar as such provisions of law are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this section; except that all powers, rights, and duties conferred or imposed by the customs laws upon any officer or employee of the Department of the Treasury shall, for the purposes of this section, be exercised or performed by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, or by such persons as he may designate. "SEC. 205. As used in this title— Definitions. "(1) The term 'Administrator' means the Administrator of the 16 USC 670k. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "(2) The term 'Chairman' means the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. "(3) The term 'off-road vehicle' means any motorized vehicle designed for, or capable of, cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain; but such term does not include— " (A) any registered motorboat at the option of each State; " (B) any military, fire, emergency, or law enforcement vehicle when used for emergency purposes; and " (C) any vehicle the use of which is expressly authorized by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture under a permit, lease, license, or contract.