Cal. FGC § 7332
This is the official text of Cal. FGC § 7332, part of California’s Fish and Game Code — regulates hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation.
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Official statutory text
No instrument capable of being used to dig clams may be possessed between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, on any beach of this State, except tools and implements used in the work of cleaning, repairing, or maintaining such beach when possessed by a person authorized by appropriate authority to perform such work.
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