252.220. Explosives prohibited--penalty. - Missouri Statutes

Explosives prohibited--penalty.

252.220. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to placeany explosive substance or preparation in any of the waters ofthis state, whereby any fish which may inhabit said waters may bekilled, injured or destroyed; and no person, by any such means,shall kill, catch or take any fish from said waters; provided,however, that explosive substances or preparations may be used insaid waters, but only with the permission and under thesupervision of the commission.

2. Any person violating any of the provisions of thissection shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon convictionshall be fined not less than two hundred dollars, nor more thanone thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the statepenitentiary for not more than two years, or by both such fineand imprisonment, for each such offense.

(RSMo 1939 § 8926, A.L. 1945 p. 664 § 20)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 8266; 1919 § 5615; 1909 § 6537