§ 12300. — 12300. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 113.)

California § 12300.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code FGC: Fish and Game Code - FGC
• Div. 9.: DIVISION 9. FINES AND PENALTIES
• Ch. 3.: CHAPTER 3. California Indians

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(a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this code are not applicable to California Indians whose names are inscribed upon the tribal rolls, while on the reservation of that tribe and under those circumstances in this state where the code was not applicable to them immediately before the effective date of Public Law 280, Chapter 505, First Session, 1953, 83d Congress of the United States.
(b)
No Indian described in subdivision (a) shall be prosecuted for the violation of any provision of this code occurring in the places and under the circumstances described in subdivision (a). Nothing in this section, however, prohibits or restricts the prosecution of an
Indian for the violation of a provision of this code prohibiting the sale of a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, or reptile.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 113. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.