(1) Whosoever in violation of another’s hunting rights or rights granted by a hunting licence
1. hunts, catches, kills or appropriates game for himself or a third person; or
2. appropriates for himself or a third person, damages or destroys an object which is subject to the hunting laws,
shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding three years or a fine.
(2) In especially serious cases the penalty shall be imprisonment from three months to five years. An especially serious case typically occurs if the act is committed
1. on a commercial basis or regularly;
2. during night-time, in close season, by the use of snares or in any manner that is not good hunting practice; or
3. jointly by several persons armed with firearms.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall not apply to persons entitled to hunt in a certain hunting district insofar as the hunting rights on land in that district which has been declared as enclosed under section 6a of the Federal Hunting Act are concerned.