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EXCEPTIONS FOR MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BESEAECH AND FOB MUNICIPAL AND/OB 



OTHEE NONPROFIT ZOOS 



Sec 204. (a) Nothing herein shall be considered to be a prohibition against 

 municipal and/or other nonprofit zoos from obtaining written consent from the 

 Secretary of the Interior to humanely capture a representative nvimber of the 

 ocean mammals herein defined for replacement for deceased or otherwise ailing 

 members of these species in these zoos. 



(b) Further, nothing herein shall be construed to be a prohibition against the 

 humane capture of a select number of these species of ocean mammals for oertifi- 

 cable scientific and/or medical research. 



(c) Regulations shall be promulgated by the Secretary of Interior for the 

 purposes of subsections (a) and (b) above as to who shall be granted permission 

 and for what purposes. Further, methods of capture, supervision, and transporta- 

 tion shall be subjects of said regulations by the Secretary. 



FOBFEITtJBE 



Sec. 205. (a) Every vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States 

 that is employed in any manner in connection with a violation of the provisions 

 of this title, including its tackle, apparel, furniture, appurtenances, cargo, and 

 stores shall be subject to forfeiture and all ocean mammals or parts thereof 

 tak'en or retained in violation of this title or the monetary value thereof shall 

 be forfeited. 



(b) All provisions of law relating to the seizure, summary, and judicial for- 

 feiture, and condemnation of a vessel, including its tackle, apparel, furniture, 

 appurtenances, cargo, and stores for violation of the customs laws, the disposition 

 of such vessel, including its tackle, apparel, furniture, appurtenances, cargo, and 

 stores, or the proceeds from the sale thereof and remission of mitigation of such 

 forfeitures shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have 

 been incurred, under the provisions of this title, insofar as such provisions of law 

 are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this title. 



ENFORCEMENT 



Sec 206. (a) Enforcement of the provisions of this title is the joint respon- 

 sibility of the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Interior, Commerce, and Trans- 

 portation. In addition, the Secretary of Interior may designate oflScers and em- 

 ployees of the States of the United States to enforce the provisions of this Act, 

 which relates to persons or vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. 

 When so designated, such officers and employees are authorized to function as 

 Federal law enforcement agents for these purposes, but they shall not be held and 

 considered as employees of the United States for the purposes of any laws ad- 

 ministered by the Civil Service Commission. 



(b) The judges of the United States district courts and the United States com- 

 missioners may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper oath or aflBrma- 

 tion, showing probable cause, issue such warrants or other process, including war- 

 rants or other process issued in admiralty proceedings in Federal district courts, 

 as may be required for enforcement of this title and any regulations issued there- 

 under. 



(c) Any person authorized to carrj- out enforcement activities hereunder shall 

 have the power to execute any warrant or process issued by any oflScer or court of 

 competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of this title. 



(d) Such person so authorized shall have the power — 



(1) with or without warrant or other process, to arrest any person com- 

 mitting in his presence or view a violation of this title or the regulations 

 issued thereunder ; and 



(2) with a warrant or other process or without a warrant, if he has rea- 

 sonable cause to believe that a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United 

 States or any person on board is in violation of any provision of this title 

 or the regulations issued thereunder, to search such vessel and to arrest such 

 person. 



(e) Such person so authorized may seize any vessel subject to the jurisdiction 

 of the United States, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, appurtenances, 

 cargo, and stores, used or employed contrary to the provisions of this title or the 

 regulations issued hereunder or which it reasonably appears has been used or em- 

 ployed contrary to the provisions of this title or the regulations issued hereunder. 



