23:4-53 - Wild pigeons protected; penalty - New Jersey Statutes

23:4-53.  Wild pigeons protected;  penalty
    Any provision of law or of the State Fish and Game Code to the contrary notwithstanding, no person shall capture, kill, injure or have in possession, living or dead, or attempt to capture, kill or injure, a wild or passenger pigeon, or destroy or interfere in any manner with the nest or eggs of a wild or passenger pigeon, under a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00)  for each offense.

     Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1818, s. 63, eff. April 1, 1949.