Source: https://www.legalcrystal.com/case/95300/district-columbia
Timestamp: 2018-02-20 08:21:16
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 8', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 7', '§ 13', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 13', '§ 13']

District of Columbia - Citation 95300 - Court Judgment | LegalCrystal
District of Columbia - Court Judgment
LegalCrystal Citation legalcrystal.com/95300
Case Number 281 U.S. 49
.....was convicted in the police court of the district of columbia of the offense of operating a motor vehicle in the district during the unexpired period of his operator's permit after it had been revoked. section 13(d) of the traffic acts of the district of columbia, act of march page 281 u. s. 50 3, 1925, 43 stat. 1119, 1125, as amended by act of july 3, 1926, 44 stat. pt. 2, p. 812. the court of appeals of the district, on writ of error, set aside the conviction. 33 f.2d 375. this court granted certiorari may 27, 1929, to review its judgment. section 13(d) provides: "any individual found guilty of operating a motor vehicle in the district during the period for which his operator's permit is revoked or suspended, or for which his right to operate is suspended under.....
District of Columbia - 281 U.S. 49 (1930)
U.S. Supreme Court District of Columbia, 281 U.S. 49 (1930)
The Traffic Act for the District of Columbia, in extending, § 8(a), the privilege of operating motor cars within the District without having District operators' permits to nonresident licensed to operate such vehicles in states granting like exemptions to residents of the District, does not relieve a nonresident, so licensed, who formerly resided in the District and whose District permit was then revoked under § 13(a), from punishment under § 13(d) if he operates his vehicle within the District during the unexpired period of the revoked permit. P. 281 U. S. 51 .
Respondent was convicted in the police court of the District of Columbia of the offense of operating a motor vehicle in the District during the unexpired period of his operator's permit after it had been revoked. Section 13(d) of the Traffic Acts of the District of Columbia, Act of March
By § 7, all persons operating motor cars within the District are required to have an operator's permit, which permit, under § 13(a), may be suspended or revoked by the Director of Traffic for cause. By § 7(e), operation of a motor vehicle without a permit is punishable by fine of "not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both." But, by § 8(a), the requirement of an operator's permit is dispensed with in favor of nonresidents who have procured a permit or license
If the clause were ambiguous, or there were any room for construing it, examination of the whole act makes evident its general purpose not to extend to nonresidents any reciprocal privilege beyond relieving them from the necessity of procuring a District operator's license and complying with provisions for the registration of their vehicles, and that all other requirements of the act and penalties for noncompliance were left in full force and effect. By § 13(c) the right to operate a car in the District under the license or permit of a state may be suspended, and operation of the car in the District during the period of suspension is punishable under § 13(d).