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16 U.S.C. § 956

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Inspection of returns, records, or other reports
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Title
16 — Conservation
Chapter
CH16
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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Any person authorized to carry out enforcement activities under this chapter and any person authorized by the commissions shall have power without warrant or other process, to inspect, at any reasonable time, catch returns, statistical records, or other reports as are required by regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter to be made, kept, or furnished. (Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907, § 7, 64 Stat. 778; Pub. L. 87–814, § 3, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 924.) Editorial Notes Amendments1962—Pub. L. 87–814 substituted provisions respecting inspection of returns, records, or other reports for provisions authorizing a fine not exceeding $1,000 and proceedings for injunction against fishing for or possessing the kind of fish covered by the convention for failure to make, keep, furnish, or refusal to permit inspection of returns, records, or reports or for furnishing a false return, record, or report.

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