23:4-54 - Carrier pigeon protected; penalty - New Jersey Statutes

23:4-54.  Carrier pigeon protected;  penalty    Any provision of law or of the State Fish and Game Code to the contrary notwithstanding, a person who traps, shoots, kills, steals, wounds or in any way detains a registered banded Antwerp or homing pigeon, commonly known as "carrier"  pigeon, when on the wing or at rest, or while engaged in a flight, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) or more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding thirty days.

     Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1819, s. 64.