All persons employed in the Forest Service of the United States shall have authority to make arrests for the violation of the laws and regulations relating to the national forests, and any person so arrested shall be taken before the nearest United States magistrate judge, within whose jurisdiction the forest is located, for trial; and upon sworn information by any competent person any United States magistrate judge in the proper jurisdiction shall issue process for the arrest of any person charged with the violation of said laws and regulations; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest by any officer of the United States, without process, of any person taken in the act of violating said laws and regulations.
Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 140533 Stat. 873Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2)82 Stat. 1118Pub. L. 91–383, § 10(a)(2)Pub. L. 94–458, § 290 Stat. 1941Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321104 Stat. 5117(, ; , , ; , , as added , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
act Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 133 Stat. 628“Forest Service of the United States” substituted for “forest reserve of the United States” as the probable intent of Congress in that the federal forest reserves were transferred from Department of the Interior to Department of Agriculture by , , and administration of forest reserves was placed in Forest Service which was created by that act.
act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 290734 Stat. 1269Words “national forests” and “forest” substituted for “forest reserves” and “reservation”, respectively, on authority of , , which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
section 10 of this titleThat part of act , which related to arrests by employees of the National Park Service for violations of laws and regulations, was (prior to the amendment made by Pub. L 94–458) classified to .
Amendments
Pub. L. 91–383, § 10(a)(2)Pub. L. 94–4581976—, as added , struck out “and national parks” after “national forests” and “or national park” after “jurisdiction the forest”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650section 631 of Title 28Pub. L. 90–578“United States magistrate judge” substituted for “United States magistrate” wherever appearing in text pursuant to , set out as a note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Previously, “United States magistrate” substituted for “United States commissioner” pursuant to . See chapter 43 (§ 631 et seq.) of Title 28.