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reasonable belief that fish, game wildlife or part thereof is 

 possessed in violation of this Code. 



5. Property seized or confiscated pursuant to this Code may be 

 forfeited and given away or sold at the discretion of the 

 adjudicating Western Shoshone Nation Tribal court, after proper 

 notice of hearing on action to forfeit has been given to known 

 owners, and a hearing has been held. 



(A) Notice of action to forfeit shall be given by summons to 

 owners . 



(B) A hearing on action to forfeit shall be held fifteen (15) 

 days after actual service of summons or last date of 

 publication. 



5. In the event that the court orders forfeiture of any articles 

 seized, such articles shall be turned over to the Western 

 Shoshone National Council for the use and benifit of the Western 

 Shoshone Nation. If any articles are not declared forfieted by 

 order of the court , they shall be returned to the owner after 

 the case has been concluded and the fines paid, if any. 



6. The court may also, upon a showing of probable cause by a sworn 

 statement of a conservation officer or game protector, issue a 

 search warrant and direct the search to be made in any place 

 wherein it is allegedthat any game animal, game bird, or fish, or 

 any part thereof taken or in possession contrary to this Code & 

 Regulations, is consealed or illegally kept. Such warrant shall 

 authorize the search of any building, enclosures of vehicles, and 

 any appartment, chest, box, locker, crate, basket, package, or 

 other receptacle to be opened and the contents thereof to be 

 searched provided that the scope of the warrant is limited the 

 Western Shoshone Nation's treaty hunting area boundaries. 



G. Penalty 



Any person who shall violate the provision of this Code or any 

 regulation properly promulgated pursuant to it may be guilty of an 

 offense, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to 

 confinement for not more that (3) months or to pay a fine of not 

 more that $300.00, or both, with costs. 



H. Revolving Fund ^ 



All fees collected by the Commission or fines exacted as punishment 

 shall be placed in a fund which may be used at the direction of the 

 National Council for Commission operating costs. The Commission 

 shall give the National Council an accounting of such funds on 

 demand . 



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