Guam § 63208 - Enforcement.

§ 63208. Enforcement.

(a) Any authorized officer or agent empowered by the Department with police powers to serve and

execute warrants, to arrest offenders, or to issue citations throughout Guam, or any officer or agent of Guam

Customs and Quarantine, or any police officer of Guam shall have the authority to enforce any of the

provisions of this Article or any regulation, rule or order promulgated pursuant thereto.

(b) Any officer or agent authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) shall have the authority to conduct

searches, as provided by law, and to seize any equipment, business records, merchandise or any threatened

or endangered species of plants and/or wildlife hereunder; and, of the foregoing so seized shall be held by

the Department pending disposition by court proceedings, or the Department, prior to the forfeiture, may

direct the transfer of plants or wildlife so seized to a qualified zoological, botanical, educational or scientific

institution for safekeeping, costs thereof to be paid by the defendant. Upon conviction of the person or

persons from whom the seizure was made, the court shall declare the items seized [to be] forfeited to the

government of Guam. Such items shall be destroyed, or be transferred, or be released into its normal habitat,

if possible, by the Department as outlined herein.

(c) Upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, the judges or magistrates of Guam courts

shall issue such warrants or other process as may be required for enforcement of this Article and any

regulation, rule or order issued thereunder.