Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 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.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 736
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(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;