Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 450

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7, SECTIONS 106 AND 2943 DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO THE POWER OF THE CHIEF GAME AND FISH WARDEN AND STATE FOREST OFFICER TO ARREST FOR LITTERING.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Amend Title 7, § 106, Delaware Code, by adding a new sentence at the end of subsection (d) to read as follows:

The wardens shall also have the power to make arrests of persons violating Title 17, Section 518, of the Delaware Code in their presence or view or otherwise upon the issuance of an arrest warrant based on a showing of probable cause that the individual named in the warrant committed the said violation.

Section 2. Amend Title 7, § 2943, Delaware Code, by adding a new sentence at the end of §2943 to read as follows:

A State Forest Officer shall also have the power to make arrests of persons violating Title 17, Section 518, of the Delaware Code in his presence or view or otherwise upon the issuance of an arrest warrant based on a showing of probable cause that the individual named in the warrant committed the said violation.

Approved May 20, 1970.