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2020 Delaware Code
Title 7 - Conservation
Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish
Subchapter II. Wild Birds Other Than Game Birds, Migratory Wild Fowl
§ 736 State game refuges; wildlife refuges.
Universal Citation: 7 DE Code § 736. (2020)
§ 736. State game refuges; wildlife refuges.
(a) All state lands, except as otherwise provided, and state, county and municipal parks in Delaware shall be state game refuges and no person shall hunt upon said lands and parks or kill or injure any game therein at any time of the year.
(b) Any person may shoot and kill during the open season for same, wild duck, wild geese, brant and snipe on all state lands bordering on the Delaware Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Indian River and Assawoman Bay.
(c) Notwithstanding this section, all wildlife refuges created under this title shall be under the jurisdiction of the Department and subject to all the rules and regulations thereof including rules and regulations covering the right to hunt and fish therein.
Code 1915, § 2417A; 30 Del. Laws, c. 176, § 5; 36 Del. Laws, c. 233, § 1; 40 Del. Laws, c. 191, § 31; Code 1935, § 2892; 7 Del. C. 1953, § 743; 57 Del. Laws, c. 739, § 60; 70 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 77;
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