N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-0903: Accessories guilty as principals

§ 71-0903. Accessories guilty as principals.

1. A person who counsels or aids in a violation of any provision of

the Fish and Wildlife Law or a regulation or order of the department

pursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Law, or knowingly shares in any of the

proceeds of such a violation by receiving or possessing fish, game,

wildlife, shellfish, crustacea or protected insects is guilty of the

violation which he counsels or aids, or the proceeds of which he

knowingly shares.

2. In any case where possession, transportation, buying or selling of

fish, game, wildlife, shellfish, crustacea or insects is unlawful solely

because the taking thereof was unlawful, such possession,

transportation, buying or selling by a person other than a person guilty

of the unlawful taking shall be punishable only if done with knowledge

that the taking was unlawful.