D.C. Code § 45-603 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / § 45-603
§ 45-603. Gender rule of construction.
Status: in_force

Unless the Council of the District of Columbia specifically provides that this section shall be inapplicable to a particular act or section, all the words thereof importing 1 gender include and apply to the other gender as well.
D.C. Code § 45-304 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / § 45-304
§ 45-304. Appropriations.
Status: in_force

Appropriations are authorized to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 45-606 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / § 45-606
§ 45-606. Oath to include affirmation.
Status: in_force

Wherever an oath is required, an affirmation in judicial form, if made by a person conscientiously scrupulous about taking an oath, shall be deemed a sufficient compliance.
D.C. Code § 45-201 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / § 45-201
§ 45-201. Established; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if any provision of any act of the Council of the District of Columbia or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional or beyond the statutory authority of the Council of the District of Columbia, or otherwise invalid, the declaration of invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of each act of the Council of the District of Columbia are deemed severable.
(b) The Council of the District of Columbia may provide, within the provisions of a specific act, that the provisions of a specific act are non severable or that certain specified provisions are deemed inoperative if certain other provisions of the act are declared invalid. If the Council of the District of Columbia provides for a special nonseverability clause as provided in this subsection, the long title of the act shall reflect the inclusion of a special nonseverability clause.
D.C. Code § 45-607 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / § 45-607
§ 45-607. “Insane person” and “lunatic”.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 45-402 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / § 45-402
§ 45-402. Ordinances of Washington and of levy court.
Status: in_force

All laws and ordinances of the City of Washington, and of the levy court of the District of Columbia, except as modified or repealed by Congress or the Legislative Assembly of the District since June 1, 1871, or until so modified or repealed, remain in full force.
D.C. Code § 45-102 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / § 45-102
§ 45-102. District of Columbia Code; preparation and publication; printing.
Status: in_force

(a) After publication by the Law Revision Counsel of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 Edition of the District of Columbia Code, new editions of the District of Columbia Code (and annual cumulative supplements thereto) shall be prepared and published under the direction of the Council of the District of Columbia and shall set forth the general and permanent laws relating to or in force in the District of Columbia, whether enacted by the Congress or by the Council of the District of Columbia, except such laws as are of application in the District of Columbia by reason of being laws of the United States general and permanent in nature.
(b) After completion of the printing of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 Edition of the District of Columbia Code, the Public Printer shall, as the Council of the District of Columbia may request, either:
  (1) Furnish to the Council of the District of Columbia, on such terms as the Public Printer (in consultation with the Joint Committee on Printing) deems appropriate, the type used in preparing the 1973 Edition of the District of Columbia Code and the fifth annual cumulative supplement to such edition; or
  (2) Make such arrangements with the Council of the District of Columbia as the Public Printer (in consultation with the Joint Committee on Printing) deems appropriate for the printing by the Government Printing Office of future editions of the District of Columbia Code, and annual cumulative supplements thereto, prepared under the direction of the Council of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 45-301 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / § 45-301
§ 45-301. Established; composition; term of office; residency requirement; vacancies; compensation; requests for information; power to enter into contracts.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as an advisory body to the Council of the District of Columbia the District of Columbia Law Revision Commission (“Commission”), which shall be composed of 9 members, as follows:
  (1) Four members appointed by the Council of the District of Columbia;
  (2) Two members appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia;
  (3) Two members appointed by Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia; and
  (4) The Attorney General of the District of Columbia, or his or her designee.
(b) Repealed.
(c) No person may be appointed as a member of the Commission after the effective date of this chapter unless he or she is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia who has maintained an actual place of abode in the District of Columbia for at least 90 days immediately prior to his or her appointment to the Commission.
(d) Repealed.
(e) Members of the Commission shall serve for 4-year terms and may be reappointed for no more than 2 consecutive terms.
(f) The Chairman of the Commission shall be selected by the members of the Commission from among their number.
(g) Appointments to fill vacancies on the Commission shall be made in the same manner, and on the same basis, as original appointments to the Commission. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the term of the member whose vacancy he or she was appointed to fill.
(h) Each member of the Commission shall serve without compensation; provided, that each member may be reimbursed for actual expenses pursuant to § 1-611.08 .
(i) The Commission may request from any department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive branch of the District of Columbia or federal government, including independent agencies, any information necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Each department, agency, instrumentality, or independent agency of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed, to the extent permitted by law, to furnish the Commission the requested information.
(j) Repealed.
(k) The Commission may establish such advisory groups, committees, or subcommittees, consisting of members or nonmembers, as it deems necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 45-401 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / § 45-401
§ 45-401. Common law, principles of equity and admiralty, and acts of Congress.
Status: in_force

(a) The common law, all British statutes in force in Maryland on February 27, 1801, the principles of equity and admiralty, all general acts of Congress not locally inapplicable in the District of Columbia, and all acts of Congress by their terms applicable to the District of Columbia and to other places under the jurisdiction of the United States, in force in the District of Columbia on March 3, 1901, shall remain in force except in so far as the same are inconsistent with, or are replaced by, some provision of the 1901 Code.
(b) The repeal of a criminal statute in the District of Columbia that is declaratory of or in abrogation of a common law crime shall not reinstate the common law crime.
D.C. Code § 45-501 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / § 45-501
§ 45-501. Intention of Council not to revive previous repeal unless intention specifically included.
Status: in_force

As a rule of statutory interpretation, in enacting a statute which includes among its provisions the repeal of a previously enacted repeal (including the repeal of a proviso or an exception), it is not the intention of the Council of the District of Columbia to revive the statute or part thereof which was previously repealed unless such intention to revive the previously repealed statute is specifically included in the language of the statute repealing the previous repealer.
D.C. Code § 45-605 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / § 45-605
§ 45-605. “Executor” to include “administrator”.
Status: in_force

Wherever the word “executor” is used it shall include “administrator,” and vice versa, unless such application of the term would be unreasonable.
D.C. Code § 45-303 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / § 45-303
§ 45-303. Annual report.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall make an annual report of its proceedings to the Council of the District of Columbia and the Mayor by March 31st of each year. The report shall contain the following:
(1) A list of all topics considered by the Commission during the reported year;
(2) The final disposition of all the topics;
(3) The number of hearings held;
(4) Suggested legislative changes;
(5) A discussion of any problems which may have arisen after a change in legislation; and
(6) The agenda of the Commission for the next reporting year.
D.C. Code § 45-604 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / § 45-604
§ 45-604. “Person” to include partnerships and corporations.
Status: in_force

The word “person” shall be held to apply to partnerships and corporations, unless such construction would be unreasonable, and the reference to any officer shall include any person authorized by law to perform the duties of his office, unless the context shows that such words were intended to be used in a more limited sense.
D.C. Code § 45-602 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / § 45-602
§ 45-602. Words importing singular number to include plural.
Status: in_force

Words importing the singular number shall be held to include the plural, and vice versa, except where such construction would be unreasonable.
D.C. Code § 45-403 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / § 45-403
§ 45-403. Acts relating to governing bodies of religious denominations.
Status: in_force

All acts and parts of acts relating to the organization and powers of vestries, trustees, or other governing bodies of any religious denomination shall remain in force except insofar as the same are inconsistent with or are replaced by the provisions of this Code.
D.C. Code § 45-302 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / § 45-302
§ 45-302. Duties.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Commission to do the following:
(1) Examine the common law and statutes relating to the District of Columbia, the ordinances, regulations, resolutions, and acts of the Council, and all relevant judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law relating to the District of Columbia and recommending needed reforms;
(2) Receive and consider proposed changes in the law recommended by the American Law Institute, the Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, any bar association, or other learned bodies;
(3) Receive and consider suggestions from judges, public officials, lawyers, and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law relating to the District of Columbia;
(4) Recommend, from time to time, to the Council of the District of Columbia such changes in the law relating to the District of Columbia as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated or inequitable rules of law, and to bring the civil, criminal, and administrative law relating to the District of Columbia into harmony with modern conditions;
(5) Upon request of the Council of the District of Columbia or the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, study the legislative and rulemaking methods, practices, and procedures used by the District of Columbia government and make recommendations for improvement and modernization.
D.C. Code § 45-404 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / § 45-404
§ 45-404. Savings provision.
Status: in_force

(a) The repeal of any act of the Council shall not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred pursuant to the act, and the act shall be treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, unless the repealing act expressly provides for the release or extinguishment of any penalty, forfeiture, or liability.
(b) The expiration of any act of the Council shall not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred pursuant to the act, and the act shall be treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, unless the expiring act expressly provides for the release or extinguishment of any penalty, forfeiture, or liability.
D.C. Code § 45-601 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / § 45-601
§ 45-601. Rules stated.
Status: in_force

In the interpretation and construction of this Code the following rules shall be observed.
D.C. Code § 45-305 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / § 45-305
§ 45-305. Effective date.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall take effect after a 30-day period of Congressional review following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council of the District of Columbia to override the veto) as provided in § 1-206.02(c)(1) ; provided, that this chapter shall not take effect prior to March 31, 1981.
D.C. Code § 45-101 — DC Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / § 45-101
§ 45-101. Disposition of compilation of laws affecting District of Columbia.
Status: repealed

Repealed.