An Act to provide for the more effective prevention, detection, and punishment of crime in the District of Columbia
PL 83-85 (H.R.5312), enacted 06/29/1953

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Termination. 
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in the Veterinary Corps of, or designated as veterinary oiRcers in, the 
Regular Army and Air Force or as veterinary officers of the Regular 
Corps of the Public Health Service; (4) such officers who on the date 
of enactment of this subsection are or who hereafter may be com-
missioned in the Veterinary Corps of, or designated as veterinary 
officers in, the Army Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, the Army of the 
United States, the Air Force of the United States, or as veterinary 
officers of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service and who 
are on active duty on the date of enactment of this subsection as a 
result of having been called or ordered to extended active duty of 
one year or longer, or who may, prior to July 1, 1955, be called or 
ordered to extended active duty of one year or longer; (5) general 
officers appointed from the Veterinary Corps of, or previously desig-
nated as veterinary officers in, the Regular Army, the Army Reserve, 
the Army of the United States, the Regular Air Force, the Air Force 
Reserve and the Air Force of the United States who are on active 
duty on the date of enactment of this subsection; and (6) general 
officers who, subsequent to the date of enactment of this subsection, 
may be appointed from those officers of the Veterinary Corps of, or 
from those officers designated as veterinary officers in, the Regular 
Army, the Army Reserve, the Army of the United States, the Regular 
Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, and the Air Force of the United 
States who are included in parts (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this 
subsection." 
SEC. 9. Section T of the Act of September 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 826), 
as amended, is amended by striking out "July 1,1953" and by insert-
ing in lieu thereof "July 1,1955". 
Approved June 29, 1953. 
Public Law 85 
CHAPTER 159 
June 29. 1953 
^N ACT 
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To provide for the more effective prevention, detection, and punishment of crime 
in the District of Columbia. 
District o f C o-
l u m b i a Law En-
forcement A c t of 
1953. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may be 
cited as the "District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953". 
T I T L E I—TABLE OF CONTENTS AND DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 101. This Act is divided into titles and sections according to 
the following table of contents: 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
TITLE I—^TABI^ OF CONTENTS AND DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 
Sec. 
101. Table of contents. 
102. Definitions. 
TITLE II—CRIMINAL OFFENSES 
Sec. 201. Minimum sentences for certain crimes. 
Sec. 202. Sex offenses. 
Sec. 203. Abortion. 
Sec. 204. Amendments to the Dangerous Weapons Act 
Sec. 205. Assault on police officer. 
Sec. 206. Gambling. 
Sec. 207, Arrests without a warrant. 
Sec. 208. Presence in illegal establishments. 
Sec. 209. Possessing implements of crime. 
Sec. 210. Unlawful assembly—^profane and indecent language. 
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Sec. 211. Disorderly conduct. 
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Sec. 212. Threats to do bodily harm. 
Sec. 213. Receiving stolen goods. 
Sec. 214. Fornication. 
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Sec. 215. Amendments to certain penal provisions relating to the taking of 
property. 
TITLE III—METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPAETMENT 
Sec. 301. Records—General provisions. 
Sec. 302. Central criminal records. 
Sec. 303. Reports by independent police. 
Sec. 304. Notice of release of prisoners. 
Sec. 305. Bonding of Metropolitan Police. 
Sec. 306. Fees for storing property. 
Sec. 307. Mobile laboratory, 
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TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. The Council on Law Enforcement in the District. 
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Sec. 402. Powers of investigators assigned to United States attorney. 
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Sec. 403. United States commissioner. 
Sec. 404. Licenses for bottle clubs. 
Sec. 405. Psychiatrist and psychologist. 
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Sec. 406. Records to be kept by bondsmen. 
Sec. 407. Extradition. 
Sec. 408. Qualifications of jurors. 
Sec. 409. Refusal to give testimony. 
Sec. 410. Contempt of the Municipal Court. 
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Sec. 411. Effect of Reorganization Plan No. 5. 
DEFINITIONS 
, SEC. 102. For the purposes of this Act— 
(1) The term "Commissioners" means the Board of Commissioners 
of the District of Colmnbia; 
(2) The term "district court" means the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia; 
(3) The term "United States attorney" means the United States 
attorney for the District of Columbia; 
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(4) The term "municipal court" means The Municipal Court for 
the District of Columbia; and 
(5) The term "District" means the District of Columbia. 
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TITLE 
II—CRIMINAL 
OFFENSES 
MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR OEKTAIN CRIMES 
SEC. 201. (a) Section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a 
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Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole for the District of Co-
lumbia and to determine its functions, and for other purposes", ap-
proved July 15,1932, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 24-203), is amended 
by inserting " ( a ) " after "SEC. 3."; by inserting ", except as provided 
in subsections (b) and (c)" after "hereafter" in the first sentence; and 
by adding at the end of the section the following new subsections: 
"(b) The minimum sentence imposed under this section on a per-
son convicted of an assault with intent to commit rape in violation of 
section 803 of the Act entitled 'An Act to establish a code of law for 
the District of Columbia', approved March 3,1901, as amended (D. C. 
Code, sec. 22-501), or of armed robbery in violation of section 810 1322. ***" ^^^^' 
of such Act (D. C. Code 22-3202) shall be not less than two years if 2901.^* ^"'^'^ ^^' 
the violation occurs after the person has been convicted in the District 
of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime of violence as defined in section 1 
of the Act of July 8, 1932, as amended, providing for the control of 
dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia (D. C. Code, sec. 22-
3201). The minimum sentence imposed under this section on a per-
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son convicted of rape in violation of section 808 of the Act entitled 
'An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia', 
31 Stat. 1322. 
approved March 3,1901, as amended (D. C- Code, sec. 22-2801), shall 
not be less than seven years if the violation occurs after the person 
has been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime 
of violence, as so defined. 
The maximum sentence in each case to 
which this subsection applies shall not be less than three times the 
minimum sentence imposed, and shall not be more than the maximum 
fixed by law. 
"(c) For a person convicted of— 
"(1) a violation of section 432 (b) of the Revised Statutes, 
relating to the District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, 
sec. 22-505, relating to assault with a dangerous weapon on a 
police officer) occurring after the person has been convicted of a 
violation of that section or of a felony, either in the District of 
Columbia or in another jurisdiction; 
"(2) a violation of section 3 of the Act of July 8, 1932, as 
amended, providing for the control of dangerous weapons in 
Post, p. 93. 
the District (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3203, relating to illegal possession 
of a pistol), occurring after the person has been convicted of 
violating that section; or 
" (3) a violation of section 209 of the District of Columbia Law 
Post, p. 97. 
Enforcement Act of 1953 (relating to possession of implements 
of crime) occurring after the person has been convicted in the 
District of Columbia of a violation of that section or of a felony, 
either in the District of Columbia or in another jurisdiction, 
the minimum sentence imposed under this section shall not be less 
than one year, and the maximum sentence shall not be less than three 
times the minimum sentence imposed nor more than the maximum 
fixed by law." 
(b) Section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to reorganize the system 
of parole of prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia", approved 
61 Stat. 379. 
July i7, 1947 (D. C. Code, sec. 24-201c, relating to reduction of mini-
mum sentences), is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new sentence: "If a prisoner is serving a sentence for a crime 
for which a minmum sentence is prescribed by section 3 (b) of the 
Act entitled 'An Act to establish a Board of Indeterminate Sentence 
and Parole for the District of Columbia and to determine its functions, 
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^j^(j fQp other purposes', approved July 15, 1932, as amended, his 
minimum sentence shall not be reduced under this section below 
the minimum sentence so prescribed." 
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^^^ -pj^g amendments made by this section shall not apply with 
respect to any sentence imposed for a crime committed before the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEX OFFENSES 
SEC. 202. (a) (1) Section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act for the 
preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within 
the District of Columbia", approved July 29,1892, as amended (D. C. 
27 Stat. 324. 
Code, scc. 22-1112), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 9. (a) It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make 
any obscene or indecent exposure of his or her person, or to make any 
lewd, obscene, or indecent sexual proposal, or to commit any other 
lewd, obscene, or indecent act in the District of Columbia, under 
penalty of not more than $300 fine, or imprisonment of not more than 
ninety days, or both, for each and every such offense. 
"(b) Any person or persons who shall commit an offense described 
in subsection (a), knowing he or she or they are in the presence of a 
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child under the age of sixteen years, shall be punished by imprisonment 
of not more than one year, or fined in an amount not to exceed $1,000, 
or both, for each and every such offense." 
(2) Section 18 of such Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-109) is amended by 
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adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The second 
sentence of this section shall not apply with respect to any violation 
of section 9 (b)." 
(b) The first section of the Act entitled "An Act for the suppression 
of prostitution in the District of Columbia", approved August 15, 
1935, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-2701), is amended to read as 
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follows: 
"That it shall not be lawful for any person to invite, entice, persuade, 
or to address for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading, any 
person or persons sixteen years of age or over in the District of 
Columbia, for the purpose of prostitution, or any other immoral or 
lewd purpose, under a penalty of not more than $250 or imprisonment 
for not more than ninety days, or both." 
ABORTION 
SEC. 203. Section 809 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code 
of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as 
amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-201), is amended to read as follows: 
^i stat. 1322. 
"SEC. 809. Whoever, by means of any instrument, medicine, drug or 
other means whatever, procures or produces, or attempts to procure or 
produce an abortion or miscarriage on any woman, unless the same were 
done as necessary for the preservation of the mother's life or health and 
under the direction of a competent licensed practitioner of medicine, 
shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year or not 
more than ten years; or if the death of the mother results therefrom, 
the person procuring or producing, or attempting to procure or 
produce the abortion or miscarriage shall be guilty of second degree 
murder." 
AMENDMENTS TO THE DANGEROUS WEAPONS ACT 
SEG. 204. (a) For the purposes of this section, the term "Dangerous 
Weapons Act" means the Act of July 8, 1932, as amended, providing 
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for the control of dangerous weapons in the District. 
3201 to 22-3216. 
(b) Section 3 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 
22-3203) is amended to read as follows: 
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CERTAIN PERSONS FORBIDDEN TO POSSESS PISTOLS 
"SEC. 3. No person shall own or keep a pistol, or have a pistol in his 
possession or under his control, within the District of Columbia, if— 
"(1) he is a drug addict; 
"(2) he has been convicted in the District of Columbia or else-
where of a felony; 
"(3) he has been convicted of violating the first section of the 
Act entitled 'An Act for the suppression of prostitution in the 
District of Columbia', approved August 15, 1935, as amended 
(D. C. Code, sec. 22-2701), the first section of the Act entitled 
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'An Act to confer concurrent jurisdiction on the police court of 
the District of Columbia in certain cases', approved July 16, 1912 
(keeping bawdy house, D. C. Code, sec. 22-2722), or the Act 
37 stat. 192. 
entitled 'An Act to define and punish vagraacy in the District of 
Columbia, and for other purposes', approved December 17, 1941 
(D. C. Code, title 22, cliapter 33); or 
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" (4) he is not licensed under section 10 of this Act to sell weap-
ons, and he has been convicted of violating this Act. 
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No person shall keep a pistol for, or intentionally make a pistol avail-
able to, such a person, knowing that he has been so convicted or that 
he is a drug addict. Whoever violates this section shall be punished 
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® provided in section 15 of this Act, unless the violation occurs after 
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he has been convicted of a violation of this section, in which case he 
shall be imprisoned for not more than ten years." 
(c) Section 4 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-
3204) is amended by striking out everything after "being so concealed" 
and inserting in lieu thereof a period and the following new sentence: 
"Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in section 
32^5 ^' ^'^^ 22- 15 of this Act, unless the violation occurs after he has been convicted 
in the District of Columbia of a violation of this section or of a felony, 
either in the District of Columbia or in another jurisdiction, in which 
case he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten 
years." 
(d) Section 7 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 
47 stet. 652. 
22-3207) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEIXINO TO MINORS AND OTHERS 
"SEC. 7. No person shall within the District of Columbia sell any 
pistol to a person who he has reasonable cause to believe is not of 
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souud miiid, or is forbidden by section 3 of this Act to possess a pistol, 
or, except when the relation of parent and child or guardian and ward 
exists, is under the age of twenty-one years." 
(e) The second sentence of section 8 of the Dangerous Weapons 
47 Stat. 652. 
^^t (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3208) is amended by striking out "a statement 
that he has never been convicted in the District of Columbia or else-
where of a crime of violence" and inserting in lieu thereof "a statement 
that he is not forbidden by section 3 of this Act to possess a pistol". 
(f) The first sentence of paragraph 3 of section 10 of the Dangerous 
47 Stat. 653. 
Wcapous Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3210) is amended to read as follows: 
"No pistol shall be sold (a) if the seller has reasonable cause to believe 
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^j^^^ ^}^g purchaser is not of sound mind or is forbidden by section 3 of 
this Act to possess a pistol or is under the age of twenty-one years, and 
(b) unless the purchaser is personally known to the seller or shall 
present clear evidence of his identity." 
(g) The first sentence of paragraph 5 of section 10 of the Dangerous 
47 Stat. 653. 
Weapous Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3210) is amended by striking out 
"a statement signed by the purchaser that he has never been convicted 
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime of violence" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "a statement by the purchaser that he is not 
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forbidden by section 3 of this Act to possess a pistol". 
(h) Section 14 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 
47 Stat. 654. 
22-3214) is amended by inserting " (a)" after "SEC. 14."; by inserting 
"switch blade knife," after "sandbag,"; and by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsections: 
"(b) No porson shall within the District of Columbia possess, with 
intent to use unlawfully against another, an imitation pistol, or a 
dagger, dirk, razor, stiletto, or knife with a blade longer than three 
inches, or other dangerous weapon. 
"(c) Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in 
32^5.^" ^"^^ ^^' section 15 of this Act, unless the violation occurs after he has been 
convicted in the District of Columbia of a violation of this section or 
of a felony, either in the District of Columbia or in another jurisdic-
tion, in which case he shall be imprisoned for not more than ten years." 
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ASSAULT ON POLICE OFFICER 
SEC. 205, Section 432 of the Eevised Statutes, relating to the Dis-
trict of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-505), is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 432. (a) Whoever without justifiable and excusable cause, 
assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any 
officer or member of any police force operating in the District of 
Columbia while engaged in or on account of the performance of his 
official duties, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not 
more than five years, or both. 
"(b) Whoever in the commission of any such acts uses a deadly 
or dangerous weapon shall be imprisoned not more than ten years." 
GAMBLING 
SEC. 206. (a) Section 863 (a) of the Act entitled "An Act to estab-
lish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 
1901, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-1502), is amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 863a. If any person shall, within the District of Columbia, 
knowingly have in his possession or under his control, any record, 
notation, receipt, ticket, certificate, bill, slip, token, paper, or writing, 
current or not current, used or to be used in violating the provisions of 
sections 863, 865, or 869 of this Act, he shall, upon conviction of each 
such offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned for not 
more than one year, or both. For the purpose of this section, pos-
session of any record, notation, receipt, ticket, certificate, bill, slip, 
token, paper, or writing shall be presumed to be knowing possession 
thereof." 
(b) Section 866 of such Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-1505) is amended 
to read as follows: 
"SEC. 866. (a) Any house, building, vessel, shed, booth, shelter, 
vehicle, enclosure, room, lot, or other premises in the District of 
Columbia, used or to be used in violating the provisions of section 
863 or 865 of this Act, shall be deemed 'gambling premises' for the 
purpose of this section. 
"(b) It shall be unlawful for any person in the District of Colum-
bia knowingly, as owner, lessee, agent, employee, operator, occupant, 
or otherwise, to maintain or aid or permit the maintaining of any 
gambling premises. 
"(c) All moneys, vehicles, furnishings, fixtures, equipment, stock 
(including, without limitation, furnishings and fixtures adaptable to 
nongambling uses, and equipment and stock for printing, recording, 
computing, transporting, safekeeping, or communication), or other 
things of value used or to be used— 
"(1) in carrying on or conducting any lottery, or the game or 
device commonly known as a policy lottery or policy, contrary 
to the provisions of section 863 of this Act; 
" (2) in setting up or keeping any gaming table, bank, or device 
contrary to the provisions of section 865 of this Act; or 
"(3) in maintaining any gambling premises, 
shall be subject to seizure by any member of the Metropolitan Police 
force or the United States Park Police, or the United States marshal, 
or any deputy marshal, for the District of Columbia, and shall, unless 
good cause is shown to the contrary by the owner, be forfeited to the 
District of Columbia by order of any court having jurisdiction, unless 
52 Stat. 199. 
D. C. Code 22-
1501, 22-1504. 
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31 Stat. 1331. 
D. C. Code 22-
1501, 22-1504. 
D. C. Code 22-
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D. C. Code 22-
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good cause is shown to the contrary by the owner, for disposition by 
public auction or as otherwise provided by law. Bona fide liens 
against property so forfeited shall, on good cause shown by the lienor, 
be transferred from the property to the proceeds of the sale of the 
property. 
Forfeit moneys and other proceeds realized from the 
enforcement of this section shall be deposited in the Treasury of the 
United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. 
"(d) Whoever violates this section shall be imprisoned not more 
than one year or fined not more than $1,000, or both, unless the violation 
occurs after he has been convicted of a violation of this section, in 
which case he may be imprisoned for not more than five years, or 
fined not more than $2,000, or both." 
31 Stat. 1331. 
(c) Section 869 of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-1508), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 869. It shall be unlawful for any person, or association of 
persons, within the District of Columbia to purchase, possess, own, or 
acquire any chance, right, or interest, tangible or intangible, in any 
policy lottery or any lottery, or to make or place a bet or wager, accept 
a bet or wager, gamble or make books or pools on the result of any 
athletic contest. For the purpose of this section, the term 'athletic 
contest' means any of the following, wherever held or to be held: a 
football, baseball, Softball, basketball, hockey, or polo game, or a 
tennis, golf, or wrestling match, or a tennis or golf tournament, or a 
prize fight or boxing match, or a trotting or running race of horses, 
or a running race of dogs, or any other athletic or sporting event or 
contest. Any person or association of persons violating this section 
shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both." 
(d) Subchapter five, chapter nineteen, of such Act, as amended 
(D. C. Code, title 22, ch. 15), is amended by adding thereto a new 
section as follows: 
"SEC. 869f. (a) Whenever, in the judgment of the United States 
attorney for the District of Columbia, the testimony of any witness, 
or the production of books, papers, or other records or documents, b j 
any witness, in any case or proceeding involving a violation of this 
subchapter before any grand jury or a court in the District of Colum-
bia, is necessary in the public interest, such witness shall not be excused 
from testifying or from producing books, papers, and other records 
and documents on the grounds that the testimony or evidence, docu-
mentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him, 
or subject him to penalty or forfeiture; but such witness shall not be 
prosecuted or subject to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of 
any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, 
after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify 
or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise; except that such 
witness so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punish-
ment for perjury or contempt committed in so testifying. 
"(b) The judgment of the United States attorney for the District of 
Columbia that any testimony, or the production of any books, papers, 
or other records or documents, is necessary in the public interest shall 
be confirmed in a written communication over the signature of the 
United States attorney for the District of Columbia, addressed to the 
grand jury or the court in the District of Columbia concerned, and 
shall be made a part of the record of the case or proceeding in which 
such testimony or evidence is given," 
ARRESTS WITHOUT A WARRANT 
SEC. 207. (a) Arrests without a warrant, and searches of the person 
and seizures pursuant thereto, may be made for violation of any section 
31 Stat. 1330. 
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listed in subsection (b), by police officers, as in the case of a felony, 
upon probable cause that the person arrested is violating the section 
involved at the time of the arrest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to section 209 of this 
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Act (possession of implements of crime), sections 3, 4, and 14 of the 
Act of July 8, 1932, as amended, providing for the control of danger-
ous weapons in the District (D. C. Code, sees. 22-3203, 22-3204, and 
22-3214), and section 863 (a) of the Act entitled "An Act to establish 
a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, 
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as amended (possession of lottery tickets; D. C. Code, sec. 22-1502). 
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(c) Arrests without a warrant, and searches of the person and 
seizures pursuant thereto, may be made for violation of section 827 
of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District 
of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (petit larceny; 
D. C. Code, sec. 22-2202), by police officers, as in the case of a felony, 
^i stat. 1324. 
upon probable cause that the person arrested has in his possession at 
the time of the arrest, property taken in violation of that section. 
(d) No evidence discovered in the course of any arrest, search, or 
seizure authorized by this section shall be admissible in any criminal 
proceeding against the person arrested unless at the time of such 
arrest he was violating one of the sections referred to in subsection 
(b) or had in his possession property taken in violation of the section 
referred to in subsection (c). 
PRESENCE I N ILLEGAL ESTABLISHMENTS 
SEC. 208. (a) Whoever is found in the District in a gambling estab-
lishment or an establishment where intoxicating liquor is sold without 
a license or any narcotic drug is sold, administered, or dispensed with-
out a license shall, if he knew that it was such an establishment and 
if he is unable to give a good account of his presence in the establish-
ment, be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than 
$500, or both. 
(b) Whoever is employed in a gambling establishment in the District 
or an establishment m the District where intoxicating liquor is sold 
without a license or where any narcotic drug is sold, administered, or 
dispensed without a license, knowing that it is such an establishment, 
shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than 
$500, or both. 
POSSESSING IMPLEMENTS or CRIME 
SEO. 209. (a) No person shall have in his possession in the District 
any instrument, tool, or other implement for picking locks or pockets, or 
that is usually employed or reasonably may be employed in the com-
mission of any crime, if he is unable satisfactorily to account for the 
possession of the implement. 
Whoever violates this section shall be 
imprisoned for not more than one year and may be fined not more than 
$1,000, unless the violation occurs after he has been convicted in the 
District of a violation of this section or of a felony, either in the 
District or in another jurisdiction, in which case he shall be imprisoned 
for not less than one nor more than ten years. 
(b) Paragraph (2) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act 
to define and punish vagrancy in the District of Columbia, and for 
other purposes", approved December 17, 1941 (D. C. Code, sec. 
22-3302), is repealed. 
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY—^PROFANE AND INDECENT LANGUAGE 
SEC. 210. Section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act for the preservation 
of the public peace and the protection of property within the District 
47 Stat. 650. 
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of Columbia", approved July 29, 1892, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 
27 Stat. 323. 
22-1107, relating to unlawful assembly, profane and indecent lan-
guage), is amended by striking out "twenty-five dollars" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "$250 or imprisonment for not more than ninety days, 
or both". 
DISORDERLY CONDUCT 
SEC. 211. (a) Whoever, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, 
or under circumstances such that a breach of the peace may be occa-
sioned thereby,— 
(1) acts in such a manner as to annoy, disturb, interfere with, 
obstruct, or be offensive to others; 
(2) congregates with others on a public street and refuses to 
move on when ordered by the police; 
(3) shouts or makes a noise either outside or inside a building 
during the nighttime to the annoyance or disturbance of any con-
siderable number of persons; 
(4) interferes with any person in any place by jostling against 
such person or unnecessarily crowding him or by placing a hand 
in the proximity of such person's pocketbook, or handbag; or 
(5) causes a disturbance in any streetcar, railroad car, omnibus, 
or other public conveyance, by running through it, climbing 
through windows or upon the seats, or otherwise annoying pas-
sengers or employees, 
shall be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than ninety 
days, or both. 
(b) Section 18 of the Act entitled "An Act for the preservation of 
the public peace and the protection of property within the District 
27 Stat. 325. 
^f Columbia", approved July 29, 1892 (D. C. Code, sec. 22-109), is 
amended by inserting "section 211 of the District of Columbia Law 
Enforcement Act of 1953 or" after "violations of" and after "convicted 
of any violation of", 
THREATS TO DO BODILY HARM 
SEC. 212. Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to confer concur-
rent jurisdiction on the police court of the District of Columbia in 
certain cases", approved July 16, 1912 (D. C. Code, sees. 11-605 and 
22-507), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. That The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia 
shall also have concurrent jurisdiction with the United States Dis-
trict Court for the District of Columbia of threats to do bodily harm, 
and any person convicted of such offense shall be sentenced to imprison-
ment not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding $500, or both, 
and, in addition thereto or in lieu thereof, may be required to give 
bond to keep the peace for a period not exceeding one year." 
RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS 
SEC. 213. Section 829 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a 
code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, 
31 Stat. 1324. 
j^g amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-2205), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 829. EECEIVING STOLEN GOODS.—Any person who shall, with 
intent to defraud, receive or buy anything of value which shall have 
been stolen or obtained by robbery, knowing or having cause to believe 
the same to be so stolen or so obtained by robbery, if the thing or 
things received or bought shall be of the value of $100 or upward, 
shall be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than ten 
years; or if the value of the thing or things so received or bought be 
less than $100, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not 
more than one year, or both," 
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FORNICATION 
SEC. 214. If any unmarried man or woman commits fornication in 
the District, each shall be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned not 
more than six months, or both. 
AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN PENAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING 
o r PROPERTY 
SEC 215. (a) Section 826 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish 
a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, 
as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-2201). is amended by striking out 
so stat. 628. 
«$50" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100". 
(b) Section 826c of such Act,, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 
22-2204:a), is amended bv striking out "$50" and inserting in lieu 
sestat, i43. 
thereof "$100". 
(c) Section 827 of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-2202), 
^o stat. 628. 
is amended by striking out "$50" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100". 
(d) Section 828 of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-2208), 
3i stat. i324. 
is amended by striking out "thirty-five dollars" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$100". 
(e) Section 842 of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-1301), 
so stat. 628. 
is amended by striking out "$50" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100". 
(f) Section 851a of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-1207), 
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is amended by striking out "$50" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100". 
(g) Section 851b of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-2203), 
^o stat. 629. 
is amended by striking out "$50" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100". 
TITLE III—METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 
RECORDS—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. (a) Section 386 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the 
District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4-134), is amended 
to read as follows: 
"SEC. 386. The Board of Commissioners shall cause the Metropolitan 
Police force to keep the following records: 
"(1) General complaint files, in which shall be entered every 
complaint preferred upon personal knowledge of the circumstances 
thereof, with the name and residence of the complainant; 
"(2) Records of lost, missing, or stolen property; 
"(3) A personnel record of each member of the Metropolitan Police 
force, which shall contain his name and residence; the date and place 
of his birth; his marital status; the date he became a citizen, if foreign 
born; his age; his former occupation; and the dates of his appoint-
ment and separation from office, together with the cause of the latter; 
and 
"(4) Such other records as the Board of Commissioners considers 
necessary for the efficient operation of the Metropolitan Police force." 
(b) Section 389 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of 
Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4-135), is amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 389. The records required to be kept by paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3) of section 386 shall be open to public inspection when not in 
actual use." 
(c) Section 390 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of 
Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4-137), is amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 390. All records of the Metropolitan Police force shall be 
preserved, except that the Board of Commissioners, upon recommenda-
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tion of the major and superintendent of police, may cause records 
which it considers to be obsolete or of no further value to be destroyed." 
CENTRAL CRIMINAL RECORDS 
SEC. 302. (a) In addition to the records kept under section 386 of 
the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia (D. C. 
Ante, p. 99. 
Code, scc. 4-134), the Metropolitan Police force shall keep a record 
of each case in which an individual in the custody of any police force 
or of the United States marshal is charged with having committed a 
criminal offense in the District (except those traffic violations and other 
petty offenses to which the Commissioners determine this section should 
not apply). The record shall show— 
(1) the circumstances under which the individual came into 
the custody of the police or the United States marshal; 
(2) the charge originally placed against him, and any subse-
quent changes in the charge (if he is charged with murder, man-
slaughter, or causing the death of another by the operation of a 
vehicle at an immoderate speed or in a careless, reckless, or 
negligent manner, the charge shall be recorded as "homicide"); 
(3) if he is released (except on bail) without having his guilt 
or innocence of the charge determined by a court, the circumstances 
under which he is released; 
(4) if his guilt or innocence is so determined, the judgment of 
the court; 
(5) if he is convicted, the sentence imposed; and 
(6) if, after being confined in a correctional institution, he is 
released therefrom, me circumstances of his release. 
(b) The Attorney General, the Corporation Counsel, the United 
States Commissioner for the District, the clerk of the district court, 
the clerk of the municipal court, and the Director of the Department of 
Corrections shall furnish the Chief of Police with such information as 
the Commissioners consider necessary to enable the Metropolitan Police 
force to carry out this section. 
REPORTS BY 
INDEPENDENT POLICE 
SEC. 303. Reports shall be made to the Chief of Police, in accordance 
with regulations prescribed by the Commissioners, of each offense 
reported to, and each arrest made by, any other police force operating 
in the District. 
NOTICE o r RELEASE OF PRISONEiRS 
SEO. 304. (a) Whenever the Board of Parole of the District of 
Columbia has authorized the release of a prisoner under section 4 of the 
Act entitled "An Act to establish a Board of Indeterminate Sentence 
and Parole for the District of Columbia and to determine its functions, 
and for other purposes", approved July 15, 1932, as amended (D. C. 
47 Stat. 697. 
Code, sec. 24r-204), or the United States Board of Parole has authorized 
the release of a prisoner under section 6 of that Act, as amended (D. C. 
Code, sec. 24-206), it shall notify the Chief of Police of that fact as far 
in advance of the prisoner's release as possible. 
(b) Except in cases covered by subsection (a) of this section, notice 
that a prisoner under sentence of six months or more is to be released 
from an institution under the management and regulation of the 
Director of the Department of Corrections shall be given to the 
Chief of Police as far in advance of the prisoner's release as possible. 
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BONDING OF METROPOLITAN POLICE 
SEC. 305. (a) The Commissioners shall obtain a bond to secure the 
District against loss resulting from any act of dishonesty by any 
officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force. Bonds obtained 
under this section shall be in such amounts, and may secure the Dis-
trict against loss resulting from such other acts by officers and mem-
bers of the Metropolitan Police force, as the Commissioners shall 
consider appropriate. The Commissioners may obtain such bonds by 
negotiation, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended (41 U. S. C , sec. 5), and shall pay the cost of such bonds 
out of funds appropriated for the expenses of the Metropolitan Police 
Department for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1953, 
(b) Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act relating to the Metro-
politan police of the District of Columbia", approved February 28, 
1901 (D. C. Code, sec. 4-109), is repealed. 
3i stat. 82o. 
(c) This section shall take effect July 1,1953. 
FEES FOR STORING PROPERTY 
SEC. 306. (a) Section 413 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the 
District of Columbia (D. C. Code, sec. 4-156), is amended by adding 
^s stat. iss. 
at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Before delivering 
any property coming into his custody as a result of the death of the 
owner or the execution by the United States marshal of a judgment to 
recover possession of real property, or any property which is lost, 
abandoned, or alleged to have been feloniously obtained or to be the 
proceeds of crime, the property clerk shall collect from the person 
claiming the property a fee, to be fixed under regulations prescribed 
by the Board of Commissioners, to reimburse the District of Columbia 
for the cost of services rendered by the Metropolitan Police force in 
taking custody of, protecting, and storing the property." 
(b) Any vehicle impounded by any officer or member of the Metro-
politan Police force may be kept impounded until the person claiming 
the vehicle pays a fee, to be fixed under regulations prescribed by the 
Commissioners, to reimburse the District for the cost of storing the 
vehicle, for each day in excess of seven days during which it is 
impounded. 
(c) Fees collected by reason of this section shall be paid into the 
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. 
MOBILE LABORATORY 
SEC. 307. The Metropolitan Police force shall maintain and operate 
a motor vehicle equipped with cameras, photographic developing 
equipment, an electrical generator, floodlights, and such other equip-
ment as may be necessary to permit the use of the vehicle as a mobile 
laboratory to handle evidence at the scenes of crimes and otherwise 
to aid in the prevention and detection of crime. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
THE COUNCIL ON LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE DISTRICT 
SEC. 401. (a) The Council on Law Enforcement in the District of 
Columbia (referred to in this section as the "Council") is hereby 
created. 
(b) The Council shall be composed of the following members: 
(1) The President of the Board of Commissioners; 
(2) TheChief of Police; 
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(3) TheChief of the United States Park Police; 
(4) The United States attorney; 
(5) The corporation counsel; 
(6) A United States commissioner for the District; 
(7) The Director of the Department of Corrections; 
18) The Parole Executive of the Board of Parole of the District; 
(9) The United States marshal for the District; 
(10) One person appointed by the chief jud^e of the district court; 
(11) One person appointed by the chief ]udge of the municipal 
court; 
(12) Thejudgeof the juvenile court of the District of Columbia; 
(13) One person appointed by the Bar Association of the District 
of Columbia; 
(14) One person appointed by the Washington Bar Association; 
and 
(15) One person appointed by the Washington Criminal Justice 
Association. 
(c) The Council shall make a continuing study and appraisal of 
crime and law enforcement in the District, and shall make a report to 
the Senate and the House of Representatives at the beginning of each 
regular session of Congress. 
(d) The Council shall select a chairman from among its members. 
The Council shall meet at regular intervals at least four times 
annually, at times to be fixed by uie chairman. A special meeting may 
be held at any time upon the call of the chairman. The first meeting of 
the Council shall be called by the President of the Board of Commis-
sioners, who shall preside until a chairman is selected. 
POWERS OF INVESTIGATORS ASSIGNED TO UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 
SEC. 402. Any special investigator appointed by the Attorney General 
and assigned to the United States attorney for the District shall have 
authority to execute all lawful writs, process, and orders issued under 
authority of the United States, and command all necessary assistance 
to execute his duties, and shall have the same powers to make arrests 
as are possessed by members of the Metropolitan Police force of the 
District. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER 
SEC. 403. Each United States commissioner for the District may 
employ secretarial and clerical assistants in such number and incur 
such other expenses as the district court considers necessary. 
LICENSES FOR BOTTLE CLUBS 
SEC. 404. (a) Section 7 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Bev-
48 Stat. 322. 
erage Control Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-107), is amended 
by striking out the period following the word "morals" at the end of 
the first paragraph thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
", and the Commissioners are further authorized to prescribe such 
rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Act as m&y may deem 
necessary to properly and adequately control the consumption of alco-
holic beverages on premises licensed under paragraph (1) of section 
11 of this Act, with specific authority to prescribe the hours during 
which alcoholic beverages may be consumed on such premises." 
(b) Section 9 (a) of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage 
48 Stat. 323. 
Coiitrol Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-109 (a)), is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"It shall be unlawful for any person operating any premises where 
food, nonalcoholic beverages, or entertainment are sold or provided 
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for compensation, and where facilities are especially provided and 
service is rendered for the consumption of alcoholic beverages, who 
does not possess a license under this Act, to permit the consumption 
of such alcoholic beverages on such premises." 
(c) Section 10 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage 
Control Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-110), is amended to read 
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"SEC. 10. The Board is authorized to issue licenses to individuals, 
partnerships, or corporations, but not to unincorporated associations, 
on application dul^ made therefor, for the manufacture, sale, offer 
for sale, consumption on premises of clubs where food, nonalcoholic 
beverages, or entertainment are sold or provided for compensation, 
or solicitation of orders for sale of alcoholic beverages within the 
District of Columbia. 
The Board shall keep a full record of all 
applications for licenses, and of all recommendations for and remon-
strances against the granting of licenses and of the action taken 
thereon." 
(d) Section 11 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Con-
trol Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-111), is amended by striking 
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out the word "eleven" in the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu 
thereof the word "twelve", and by adding immediately before the last 
paragraph thereof the following new subsection: 
"(1) CONSUMPTION LICENSE FOR A CLUB.—Such a license shall be 
issued only for a club. The word 'club' within the meaning of this 
paragraph is a corporation for the promotion of some common object 
(not 
including 
corporations 
organized or conducted for any 
commercial or business purpose, or for money profit), owning, hiring, 
or leasing a building or space in a building of such extent and character 
as in the judgment of the Board may be suitable and adequate for 
the reasonable and comfortable use and accommodations of its 
members and their guests; and the affairs and management of such 
corporation are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, 
or similar body chosen by the members at least once each calendar 
year, and no officer, agent, or employee of the club is paid, directly 
or indirectly, or receives in the form of salary or other compensation, 
any profit from the conduct and operation of the club beyond the 
amount of such salary as may be fixed and voted by the members or 
by its directors or other governing body. No license shall l)e issued 
to a club which has npt been established for at least three months 
immediately prior to the making of the application for such license. 
Such a license shall authorize the holder thereof to permit consumption 
of alcoholic beverages on such parts of the licensed premises as may 
be approved by the Board. The annual fee for such a license shall 
be $100." 
(e) The first sentence of section 14 (b) of the District of Columbia 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-115 
(b) ^, is amended to read as follows: "Before granting a license under 
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section 11 (1) of this Act or a retailer's license, except a retailer's 
license class E or class F, the Board shall give notice by advertisement 
published once a week and for at least two weeks in some newspaper 
of general circulation published in the District of Columbia." 
(f) The first sentence of section 14 (c) of the District of Columbia 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-115 
(c)), is amended by striking out the words "or class D" and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following: ", class D or a license issued under section 
11 m of this Act". 
(g) Section 20 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Con-
trol Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-121), is amended by adding 
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"No person being the holder of a license issued under section 11 (1) 
of this Act shall permit on the licensed premises the consumption of 
alcoholic beverages, with the exception of beer and light wines, by any 
person under the age of twenty-one years, or permit the consumption 
of beer and light wines by any person under the age of eighteen years; 
or the consumption of any beverage by any intoxicated person, or any 
person of notoriously intemperate habits, or any person who appears 
to be intoxicated; and ignorance of the age of any such minor shall not 
be a defense to any action instituted under this section. No licensee 
shall be liable to any person for damages claimed to arise from refusal 
to permit the consumption of any beverage on any premise licensed 
under section 11 (1) of this Act." 
(h) Section 28 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage 
48 Stat. 333. 
Coutrol Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-128), is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SE€. 28. (a) No person shall in the District of Columbia drink any 
alcoholic beverage m any street, alley, park, or parking; or in any 
vehicle in or upon the same; or in or upon any premises where food, 
nonalcoholic beverages, or entertainment are sold or provided for 
compensation not licensed under this Act; or in any place to which 
the public is invited for which a license has not been issued hereunder 
permitting the sale and consumption of such alcoholic beverage upon 
such premises except premises licensed under section 11 (1) of this 
Act; or in any place to which the public is invited (for which a license 
under this Act has been issued) at a time when the sale of such 
alcoholic beverages on the premises is prohibited by this Act or by the 
regulations promulgated thereunder, or in any place for which a 
license under section 11 (1) of this Act has been issued at a time when 
the consumption of such alcoholic beverages on the premises is pro-
hibited by regulations promulgated under this Act. 
No such person 
shall be drunk or intoxicated in any street, alley, park, or parking; or 
in any vehicle in or upon the same or in any place to which the public 
is invited, or at any public gathering and no person anywhere shall 
be drunk or intoxicated and disturb the peace of any person. 
"(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 
punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not 
more than ninety days, or both." 
(i) Section 29 (a) of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage 
48 Stat. 334. 
Coutrol Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-129 (a), is amended 
to read as follows: 
"SEO. 29. (a) A search warrant may be issued by any judge of The 
Municipal Court for the District of Columbia or by a United States 
commissioner for the District of Columbia when any alcoholic bever-
ages are manufactured for sale, kept for sale, sold, or consumed in 
violation of the provisions of this Act, and any such alcoholic bever-
ages and any other property designed for use in connection with such 
unlawful manufacture for sale, keeping for sale, selling, or consump-
tion may be seized thereunder, and shall be subject to such disposition 
as the court may make thereof, and such alcoholic beverages may be 
taken on the warrant from any house or other place in which it is 
concealed." 
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(i) "^^^ District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as 
101 to 25-138*! ' amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new section: 
Nuisance, 
"SEC. 41. (a) Any building, ground, premises, or place where any 
intoxicating beverage is manufactured, sold, kept for sale, or per-
mitted to be consumed in violation of this Act is hereby declared to 
be a nuisance, and may be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided. 
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"(b) An action to enjoin any nuisance defined in subsection (a) of abateiSn"""*"* °' 
this section may be brought in the name of the District of Columbia 
by the corporation counsel of the District of Columbia, or any of his 
assistants, in the civil branch of The Municipal Court for the District 
of Columbia against any person conducting or maintaining such 
nuisance or knowingly permitting such nuisance to be conducted or 
maintained. 
The rules of The Municipal Court for the District of 
Columbia relating to the granting of an injunction or restraining order 
shall be applicable with respect to actions brought under this subsec-
tion, except that the District as complaining party shall not be required 
to furnish bond or security. It shall not be necessary for the court 
to find the building, ground, premises, or place was being unlawfully 
used as aforesaid at the time of the hearing, but on finding that the 
material allegations of the complaint are true, the court shall enter 
an order restraining the defendant from manufacturing, selling, keep-
ing for sale, or permitting to be consumed any alcoholic beverage in 
violation of this Act. When an injunction, either temporary or perma-
nent, has been granted it shall be binding on the defendant throughout 
the District of Columbia. Upon final judgment of the court ordering 
such nuisance to be abated, the court may order that the defendant, 
or any one claiming under him, shall not occupy or use, for a period 
of one year thereafter, the building, ground, premises, or place upon 
which the nuisance existed, but the court may, in its discretion, permit 
the defendant to occupy or use the said building, ground, premises, or 
place, if the defendant shall give bond with sufficient security to be 
approved by the court, in the penal and liquidated sum of not less than 
$500 nor more than $1,000, payable to the District of Columbia, and 
conditioned that intoxicating beverages will not thereafter be manu-
factured, sold, kept for sale, or permitted to be consumed in or upon 
the building, ground, premises, or place in violation of this Act. 
"(c) In the case of the violation of any injunction, temporary or 
permanent, rendered pursuant to the provisions of this section, pro-
ceedings for punishment for contempt may be commenced by the 
corporation counsel or any of his assistants, by filing with the court 
in the same case in which the injunction was issued a petition under 
oath setting out the alleged offense constituting the violation and 
serving a copy of said petition upon the defendant requiring him to 
appear and answer the same within ten days from the service thereof. 
The trial shall be promptly held and may be upon affidavits or either 
party may demand the production and oral examination of the wit-
nesses. Any person found guilty of contempt under the provisions 
of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or 
by imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or by both such 
fine and imprisonment." 
(k) Subsections (h) and (h) of this section shall take effect sixty subl'ecuons**^** °^ 
days after the date oi the enactment of this Act. 
PSYCHIATRIST AND P8YCH0L,0GIST 
SEC. 405. The Commissioners shall appoint a qualified psychiatrist 
and a qualified psychologist whose services shall be available to the 
following officers to assist them in carrying out their duties: (1) The 
probation officers of the district court and the municipal court, (2) 
such officers of the juvenile court of the District of Columbia as the 
judge thereof shall designate, (3) such officers of the Department of 
Corrections as the Director thereof shall designate, and (4) the Board 
of Parole of the District. 
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RECORDS TO BE KEPT BY BONDSMEN 
SEO, 406. Section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the busi-
ness of executing bonds for compensation in criminal cases and to 
improve the administration of justice in the District of Columbia", 
47 Stat. 184. 
approved March 3, 1933 (D. C. Code, sec. 23-608), is amended by 
inserting " ( a ) " after "SEC. 8.", and by adding at the end of the 
section the following new subsection: 
"(b) Each such court shall prescribe such rules and regulations 
as may be necessary to insure that whenever a bondsman becomes 
surety for compensation upon a bond in a criminal case before the 
court, the bondsman, or his agent, clerk, or representative, shall make 
a record, which shall be accurate to the best of the maker's knowledge 
and belief and shall thereafter be open for inspection by the court or 
its designated representative, and by the designated representative 
of other law-enforcement agencies of the District of Columbia, of 
the following matters: 
"(1) The full name and address of the person for whom the 
bond is executed (referred to in this subsection as the 'defendant') 
and the full name and address of his employer, if any; 
"(2) The offense with which the defendant is charged; 
"(3) The name of the court or officer authorizing the defend-
ant's admission to bail; 
" (4) The amount of the bond; 
" (5) The name of the person who called the bondsman, if other 
than the defendant; 
"(6) The amount of the bondsman's charge for executing the 
bond; 
"(7) The full name and address of the person to whom the 
bondsman presented his bill for such charge; 
"(8) The full name and address of the person paying such 
charge; and 
"(9) The manner of payment of such charge. 
Whoever violates any rule or regulation prescribed under this subsec-
tion shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 
six months or both and if he is a bondsman, or the agent, clerk, or 
representative of a bondsman, shall be disqualified from thereafter 
engaging in any manner in the bonding business for such a period of 
time as the trial judge shall order." 
EXTRADITION 
SEC. 407, (a) Section 930 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a 
code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, 
31 Stat. 1340. 
as amended (D, C. Code, sec. 23-401), is amended by inserting " ( a ) " 
after "SEC. 930. EXTRADITION.—" and adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsections: 
"(b) The chief judge of the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia may also surrender, on demand of the executive 
authority of any State, any person in the District of Columbia charged 
in such State in the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section 
with committing an act in the District of Columbia, or in another 
State, intentionally resulting in a crime in the State whose executive 
authority is making the demand, even though the accused was not 
in that State at the time of the commission of the crime, and has not 
fled therefrom. 
"(c) No person apprehended in accordance with the provisions of 
subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be delivered over to the 
agent whom the executive authority demanding him shall have 
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appointed to receive him unless he shall first be taken before the chief 
judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
who shall inform him of the demand made for his surrender, and of 
the crime with which he is charged, and that he has the right to demand 
and procure legal counsel; and if such person or his counsel shall state 
that he or they desire to test the legality of his arrest, the judge shall 
fix a reasonable time to be allowed him within which to apply for a writ 
of habeas corpus. When such writ is applied for, notice thereof, and 
of the time and place of hearing thereon, shall be given to the United 
States attorney for the District of Columbia, and to the said agent of 
the demanding State: Provided^ however^ That nothing contained in 
this subsection shall prevent such person from waiving his right to 
appear before the chief judge of the United States District Court for 
the District of Columbia and voluntarily returning in custody of a 
proper official to the jurisdiction of the State, Territory, or other 
possession of the United States which is demanding him." 
(b) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the detention of fugi-
tives apprehended in the District of Columbia", approved April 21, 
1928 (D. C. Code, sees. 23-401-410), is amended by inserting at the end 
thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 8. (a) The agent of the demanding State to whom the prisoner 
may have been delivered in accordance with the provisions of section 
930 of the Act entitled 'An Act to establish a code of law for the 
District of Columbia', approved March 3,1901, as amended, may, when 
necessary, confine the prisoner in the Washington Asylum and Jail; 
and the superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail must 
receive and safely keep the prisoner for such reasonable time as will 
enable the officer or person having charge of him to proceed on his 
route, such officer or person being chargeable with the expense of 
keeping. 
"(b) The officer or agent of a demanding State to whom a prisoner 
may have been delivered following extradition proceedings in another 
State, or to whom a prisoner may have been delivered after waiving 
extradition in such other State, and who is passing through the District 
of Columbia with such a prisoner for the purpose of immediately 
returning such prisoner to the demanding State, may, when necessary, 
confine the prisoner in the Washington Asylum and Jail; and the 
superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail must receive and 
safely keep the prisoner for such reasonable time as will enable the 
officer or agent to proceed on his route, such officer or agent, however, 
being chargeable with the expense of keeping: Promded, Tiowe'ver^ 
That such officer or agent shall produce and show to the superintendent 
satisfactory written evidence of the fact that he is actually transport-
ing such prisoner to the demanding State after a requisition by the 
executive authority of such demanding State. 
Such prisoner shall 
not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in the District of 
Columbia." 
QUALIFICATIONS OF JURORS 
SEC. 408. (a) Section 199 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a 
code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, 
as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 11-1402), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 199. The said jurors shall be selected, as nearly as may be, 
from the different parts of the District, and shall be selected, as nearly 
as may be, from its intelligent and upright residents." 
(b) Section 215 of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 11-1417), 
is amended by striking out "and under sixty-nve". 
31 Stat. 1340; 45 
Stat. 440. 
Ante, p. 106. 
31 Stat. 1222. 
31 Stat, 1223. 
108 
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[67 S T A T . 
56 Stat. 193, 
31 Stat. 1197. 
REFUSAL TO GIVE TESTIMONY 
SEC. 409. (a) Any officer or employee of the District who refuses to 
testify upon matters relating to his office or employment in any 
proceeding wherein he is a defendant or is called as a witness, upon 
the ground that his answer may tend to incriminate him or compel 
him to be a witness against himself, or who refuses so to testify on 
such ground when called by a grand jury or a congressional committee, 
shall forfeit his office or employment and any emolument, perquisite, 
or benefit (by way of pension or otherwise) arising therefrom, and 
be disqualified frbm holding any public office or employment under 
the District. 
(b) Any former officer or emi)loyee of the District who refuses to 
testify upon matters relating to his former office or employment in any 
proceeding wherein he is a defendant or is called as a witness, upon 
the ground that his answer may tend to incriminate him or compel 
him to be a witness against himself, or who refuses so to testify on such 
ground when called by a grand jury or a congressional committee, 
shall forfeit any emolument, perquisite, or benefit (by way of pension 
or otherwise) arising from such former office or employment, and be 
disqualified from holding any public office or employment under the 
District. 
(c) If the retirement pay, pension, or annuity of any officer or 
employee or former officer or employee of the District is forfeited 
under this section, there shall be paid to such individual a sum equal 
to (1) the total amount paid by him as contributions toward such 
retirement pay, pension, or annuity, plus any accrued interest attrib-
utable to such contributions, less (2) the total amount of such retire-
ment pay, pension, or annuity received by him prior to such forfeiture. 
CONTEMPT OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT 
SEC. 410. (a) Section 5 (c) of the Act of April 1,1942, as amended 
(D. C. Code, sec. 11-756 (c)), is amended by inserting before "to 
punish" the following: "in any case or proceeding, whether civil or 
criminal,". 
(b) The first sentence of section 48 of the Act entitled "An Act 
to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved 
March 3, 1901, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 11-606), is amended by 
striking out "; to punish contempts by fine not exceeding twenty 
dollars and imprisonment for not more than forty-eight hours, or 
either, and" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma. 
E F F E C T O F REORGANIZATION PLAN NUMBERED 5 
66 Stat. 824. 
SEC. 411. Where any provision of this Act, or any amendment 
jnade by this Act, refers to an office or agency abolished by Reorgan-
ization Plan Numbered 5 of 1952, such reference shall be deemed to 
be to the office, agency, or officer exercising the functions of the office 
or agency so abolished. 
Approved June 29, 1953. 
June 30, 1953 
[H. R. 4233] 
Naturalization. 
Public Law 86 
CHAPTER 162 
AN ACT 
To provide for the naturalization of persons serving in the Armed Forces of the 
United States after June 24, 1950. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That, notwithstand-