16 U.S.C. § 690e : US Code - Section 690E: Enforcement of laws and regulations; warrants and processes; jurisdiction of courts; forfeiture of property captured, injured, killed or removed

Search 16 U.S.C. § 690e : US Code - Section 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 of the Interior to enforce the provisions of sections 690
to 690i of this title (1) shall have power, without warrant, to
arrest any person committing in the presence of such employee a
violation of sections 690 to 690i of this title or of any
regulation made pursuant thereto, and to take such person
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
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 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 of the Interior, in
accordance with law.