(a) Importation Prohibited. If the laws or regulations of any country, dependency, province or other subdivision of government restrict the taking, killing, possession or exportation to the United States, or its possessions, of any wild mammal or bird, alive or dead, or restrict the exportation to the United States or its possessions or any part or product of any wild mammal or bird, whether raw or manufactured, no such mammal or bird or part or product thereof shall be imported into Guam from such country, dependency, province or other subdivision of government, directly or indirectly, unless accompanied by a certification of the United States consul, for the consular district in which is located the port or place from which such mammal or bird, or part or product thereof, was exported from such country, dependency, province, or other subdivision of government, that such mammal or bird, part or product thereof, has not been acquired or exported in violation of the laws or regulations of such country, dependency, province or other subdivision of government.

(b) Forfeiture. Any mammal or bird, alive or dead, or any part or product thereof, whether raw or manufactured imported into Guam in violation of the provisions of the preceding subdivision shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture under the customs regulations. Any such article so forfeited may, in the discretion of the Governor, be placed with the departments or bureaus of the government or with societies or museums, for exhibition or scientific or educational purposes, or destroyed or sold.

(c) When Section not Applicable. The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of:

(1) Prohibited importations C articles, the importation of which is prohibited under the provisions of regulations, or of any laws;

(2) Scientific or educational purposes C wild mammal or birds, alive or dead, or parts or products thereof, whether raw or manufactured, imported for scientific or educational purposes;
(3) Certain migratory game birds C migratory game birds brought into Guam by bona fide sportsmen returning from hunting trips in such country, if at the time of importation the possession of such birds is not prohibited by the laws of such country or of the United States.

SOURCE: GC § 47104.

CROSS-REFERENCES: See 5 Guam Code Ann. § 63124 for further laws governing the importation of game birds or animals.

NOTE: GC § 47104.1 (Permitting Slot Machines at the Air Terminal Gaming Zone) was enacted by P.L. 13-135 and repealed, together with the Zone, itself, by P.L. 19-19:28.