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not to exceed one year, or by corrective labor for the same period, or by a fine not to exceed 5,000 rubles, with or without confiscation of the game and weapons used in hunting.

Article 167. Violation of the regulations for surrendering gold to the state

Violation by individual citizens of the regulations for the surrendering to the state of the gold, or other precious metals, or precious rocks, which they have mined from the earth—

shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed 10,000 rubles, with confiscation of the substance mined.

The same acts, if they have caused substantial damage to the state—

shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed five years, with confiscation of property.

Article 168. Wilful damaging of crops, and the damaging of shelter belts and other plantings

The wilful damaging of crops, and likewise the wilful damaging of shelter belts, fruit and berry orchards, and other plantings, which has caused substantial damage to a kolkhoz, sovkhoz, or other socialized farm—

shall be punishable by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed 1,000 rubles, or by imposition of an obligation to make restitution for damage done.

Article 169. Illegal felling of timber

The illegal felling of timber in belts sheltering fields, the soil, or the shores or banks of bodies of water, in state reservations, resort woodlands, parks, or stands of timber in belts of vegetation around cities and industrial enterprises, when committed after the application of measures of social or administrative action—

shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for & period not to exceed one year, or by corrective labor for the same period, or by a fine not to exceed 3,000 rubles, with confiscation of the timber illegally felled.

The Illegal felling of timber in any tract of forest, when committed in the form of a business or when it has caused substantial damage, even though a first offense—

shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed three years, or by a fine not to exceed 5,000 rubles, with confiscation of the illegally felled timber.